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Wasatch Wind

@wasatchwind.bsky.social

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I'm a fan of spaceflight, and occasionally I do drawing and writing. My space discord server, Frontier: http://discord.gg/Ga4sK9ft2p

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Nov 14

Dang - somehow I've gotten a hundred followers on here! Thanks so much y'all! As means of a reintroduction - I'm Wasatch, just a spaceflight fan who likes writing and occasionally making art. I also have a small spaceflight discord server, Frontier: discord.gg/5sWR9Tsm7j

A digital painting depicting a Falcon 1 rocket lifting off, on the famous Falcon 1 flight 4, that ultimately saved SpaceX from bankruptcy.

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · 21d

The fact that all I see scrolling the space feeds on bluesky is stuff like an ad referring to the Orion spacecraft as a "satellite" and depicting it with laser solar panels should tell you all you need to know about the space "community" on this website.

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 21d

Satellites orbit our planet carrying data worth billions yet many still transmit it unencrypted. 🛰️

From defense networks to research feeds, one weak link in space can compromise everything.

cointelegraph.com/news/geo-sat...

Satellites are leaking your data worse than coffee shop WiFi: Researchers

A study has found that many geosynchronous satellites transmit unencrypted data, including SMS and military information, which is visible to anyone with $600 worth of equipment.

cointelegraph.com

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 21d

I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE MY FAVORITE SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED 🥹

europa clipper is well on its way to jupiter and i can’t wait to see what we learn about this incredible ocean world. i love being a part of something so special!!! 🌌🛰️❄️

Me smiling and standing in front of the Europa Clipper launch and KSC Visitor Complex signs.

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · 22d

Nah I don't think that's really good for anyone's mental health lol

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Shashank @shacrw.bsky.social · Sep 21

look you can hate musk for other reasons but this whole article is riddled with biased language, bad sources. incredibly bad hit piece right from the get go.

that dude Loverro mentioned 7 times in this piece is corrupt.

here's a point by point rebuttal by a former NASA guy.
x.com/CJHandmer/st...

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · 22d

Huh. I wonder if that's why I'm seeing virtually no anti-starship posts here despite actively looking for them.

Twitter really sucks but it's better than whatever this place is. This place at the best of times feels like a dadgum ghost town where you scream out into the wind hoping for a response.

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djcinsb.thinksysinc.com @djcinsb.thinksysinc.com · 22d

Working a bit on the Eagle nebula while waiting for clear skies in Tucson.

Photo of the Eagle nebula taken from Tucson

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Off-Nominal @offnom.com · 26d

we're a little early today because of reasons but there are like interstellar comets and stuff and a new glenn and maybe isaacman admin is only mostly dead????

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6k...

Episode 214

YouTube video by Off-Nominal

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Jul 21

After ten hours of work, my recreation of Apollo 11 in Vintage Story.
"We came in peace for all mankind."
#VintageStory #Apollo11

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Jun 20

When anti-space people talk about spaceflight:

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Jun 6

How the craziness of today has me feelin'

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · May 17

Yeah, in my interactions with them, they said "the devs are on break" - for SIX MONTHS? The game is in a pretty dire state, you'd think they'd have *someone* working on it.

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · May 17

Yeah I made the reddit post on the article and brought it up in the discord. As someone said in discord "everyone here keeps changing the topic to anything but Railroads Online because they're so afraid of acknowledging that the game is near death."

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Derek Newsome @derekdotspace.bsky.social · Jan 16

New Glenn thunders into the air on its first trip to orbit.

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 31

Eh, he's mentioned this like, twice? It takes not much effort to think about it. It's not like doing thought experiments on the subject takes time away from active engineering on getting there. People tend to overinflate how much is being worked on things like this.

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 27

a cartoon character wearing a top hat and tie adjusts his tie

ALT: a cartoon character wearing a top hat and tie adjusts his tie

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 27

As someone who has dealt with that absolute sh*t, my advice is to just be as diligent as possible. Keep up with when deadlines are, make sure you report changes in employment quickly, go to your local department of Workforce Services if you need help figuring anything out.

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 27

I look forward to when there are multiple poster sized images needed to document this.

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 26

It had a brief moment but I feel like most in the space community just shrugged and moved back to Twitter. You just can't see any updates here like you can with Twitter.

But I'm honestly just tired of both sites. I think I'm going to use YouTube for my space news primarily now.

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 23

Chemical will work just fine for like a decade. You are basing this stance on assumptions on the capability of both systems. I definitely want to see nuclear, just not as the first way to get there.

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Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 22

I really think they will. They're doing for stations what SpaceX has done for launch. I look at others that are doing tons of partnerships, building their hardware overseas, etc- and Vast is just starting with a single module that won't be continuously occupied. I think they'll go far.

Wasatch Wind @wasatchwind.bsky.social · Dec 18

One of my favorite things to do with my snap circuits was to trick people into completing a circuit and shocking them 😈