Saïd Alaoui
PhD | Professional Engineer
Engineering the future. Shaping the worldFrom nuclear systems to aerospace innovations and from rigorous mathematics and physics to high-stakes management.Multiple NASA awards for excellence in achievement and service.
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Peter P. Nickolenko
NASA Deputy Director
Launch Vehicle Processing_"Mr. Alaoui has a pleasant demeanor and works well with all personnel and is a forward thinker. He anticipates potential problems and work stoppages and is always planning mitigation strategies to alleviate NASA's concerns. Numerous times his efforts were directly responsible for the airfield readiness in support of a Space Shuttle landing.
Said is dedicated, conscientious, reliable, dependable, and hard-working... His efforts have
saved time and money for NASA, keeping the best interests of TAL team personnel, and the US
Government"
Gita G. Willcoxon
NASA Director
Launch Vehicle Processing"In recognition of your outstanding contributions to the Human Space Flight Program, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend the Space Flight Awareness Honorée. This honor is in recognition of your contributions to the Human Space Flight Program, and I am very pleased to present it to you as an expression of our appreciation for your support."
George R. Wackenhut
President, Wackenhut CorporationI have come to know and respect the intelligence and business skills of our partners, and I am constantly reminded of how fortunate I have been to have allied myself with individuals of your stature. I want to thank you again for the kindness you
have shown me over the years, and wish you the greatest of success in the future.
Glen Lockwood, Dean Schaaf, Lyle Davis, and Daniel Bake
NASA Ground Operations Managers'Personally, it has been a great pleasure to work with Said. He has given much needed support during difficult times and he has the entire NASA team's confidence.
Said's high professional standards and outstanding ability reflect great credit upon him and the Wackenhut Corporation.
We wish to offer our sincere gratitude and appreciation to Said Alaoui for his exceptional work for our TAL team. We are extremely fortunate to have individuals as fine
as Said as part of our team."
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Les Carnets du sous-sol | Fodor dostoievski
« Les Carnets du sous-sol » (1864) de Fiodor Dostoïevski est une novella révolutionnaire présentée sous forme de mémoires chaotiques et contradictoires. L’argument central de Dostoïevski attaque violemment l’égoïsme rationnel, le socialisme utopique et les philosophies déterministes du XIXᵉ siècle qui promettent une société parfaite grâce à la raison et à l’intérêt personnel. Il démontre que l’être humain est fondamentalement irrationnel, qu’il préfère le libre arbitre – même destructeur – au bonheur calculé, et qu’il tire parfois un plaisir pervers de la souffrance et de la méchanceté. Ce texte philosophique et psychologique, précurseur de l’existentialisme, explore l’aliénation, l’hyperconscience et les recoins sombres de l’âme humaine.
seven brief lessons on physics | rovelli
"Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" (2014) by Carlo Rovelli is a concise, poetic introduction to the major revolutions in 20th-century physics. Written for readers with little scientific background, it distills complex ideas into seven elegant essays. Rovelli’s core intent is to share the beauty and strangeness of modern physics—from Einstein’s relativity to quantum mechanics and the quest for a unified theory while reflecting on humanity’s place in the cosmos. The book blends scientific clarity with philosophical wonder, showing how these discoveries reshape our understanding of reality, time, and existence. It’s not a textbook but an invitation to marvel at the universe’s mysteries.Space-time is Curved: Gravity is not a force but the curvature of space-time caused by mass.
- Quantum Uncertainty Rules: Particles exist in probabilities, not fixed positions, until observed. Practical application: Embrace uncertainty in decisions—act despite incomplete information, as the universe itself does.
- The Universe Has Structure: From the Big Bang to galaxies and black holes, the cosmos has a grand, evolving architecture.
- Particles Are Vibrations: Elementary particles (quarks, electrons, etc.) are excitations in quantum fields. Practical application: See yourself as part of an interconnected web of energy, fostering humility and unity with nature.
- Reality Emerges from Interactions: The world consists of events and relations rather than solid “things.” Practical application: Focus on relationships and processes in work/life instead of fixed identities or possessions.
- **Time is thermodynamic: The arrow of time arises from heat and entropy, not fundamental physics. Practical application: Use the irreversibility of time to prioritize meaningful actions and let go of the past.
- We Are Stardust Seeking Unity: Humans are temporary, conscious arrangements of atoms trying to understand the whole. Practical application: Approach science and life with curiosity and awe rather than fear of the unknown.
Lesson 1: The Most Beautiful of Theories—Einstein's General Relativity: Space curves, time dilates, and black holes exist. Insight: Gravity is geometry.
Lesson 2: Quanta—Quantum mechanics: reality is probabilistic; particles are fuzzy until measured. Insight: The world is not deterministic.
Lesson 3: The Architecture of the Cosmos—Big Bang, galaxies, and cosmic microwave background. Insight: The universe has a finite history and structure.
Lesson 4: Particles — Standard Model: quarks, electrons, forces as fields. Insight: Matter is made of vibrating quanta.
Lesson 5: Grains of Space — Loop quantum gravity attempts to reconcile relativity and quantum theory; space itself may be quantized. Insight: No continuous space-time at the smallest scales.
Lesson 6: Probability, Time, and the Heat of Black Holes — Thermodynamics, entropy, and the flow of time. Insight: Time emerges from heat.
Lesson 7: Ourselves — Humans as brief, conscious phenomena in a vast universe. Insight: We are part of nature’s ongoing exploration of itself.Strengths & Limitations- “The world is not a collection of things; it is a collection of events.” (On relational reality.)
- “We are made of the same stardust.” (Our cosmic connection.)
- “I believe that our species will not last long… but this does not seem to me a reason for despair.” (On human transience.)