Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)
@drspacejunk.bsky.social
Space archaeologist | Vice-chair, Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activity | Asteroid 551014 Gorman | Author, Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/
'Today, however, NASA’s science portfolio faces growing structural pressures driven not by technical shortcomings, but by budgetary instability, funding misalignment, and an increasingly compressed execution environment'. 🧪
Preserving NASA’s Scientific Mission
Budget Stability, Safety, and the National Interest NASA’s scientific enterprise has long served as a cornerstone of American leadership in discovery, innovation, and aerospace safety.
aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:22 AM
'Today, however, NASA’s science portfolio faces growing structural pressures driven not by technical shortcomings, but by budgetary instability, funding misalignment, and an increasingly compressed execution environment'. 🧪
What are your most hated space clichés?
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
What are your most hated space clichés?
I'm going to skeet Gustave until I get to the end of the Dictionary of Received Ideas! (I've only been giving you the good ones). The end is in sight ....
'NOVELS: They corrupt the masses. They are less immoral in serial form than in volumes. Only historical novels can be tolerated because they teach history. There are novels written with the point of a scalpel, others that rest on the point of a needle'
-Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas
-Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I'm going to skeet Gustave until I get to the end of the Dictionary of Received Ideas! (I've only been giving you the good ones). The end is in sight ....
'NOVELS: They corrupt the masses. They are less immoral in serial form than in volumes. Only historical novels can be tolerated because they teach history. There are novels written with the point of a scalpel, others that rest on the point of a needle'
-Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas
-Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas
January 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
'NOVELS: They corrupt the masses. They are less immoral in serial form than in volumes. Only historical novels can be tolerated because they teach history. There are novels written with the point of a scalpel, others that rest on the point of a needle'
-Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas
-Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas
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26. Mary Everest Boole - mother of my current obsession, Alicia Boole Stott, who was a pioneer of polytopes.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #TabClosed2026
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Mary Everest Boole - Biography
Mary Everest Boole was an English mathematician who was married to George Boole. She wrote a number of books on mathematical education.
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
26. Mary Everest Boole - mother of my current obsession, Alicia Boole Stott, who was a pioneer of polytopes.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #TabClosed2026
🧪 #WomenInSTEM #TabClosed2026
The poor young girls, so few years of freedom.
More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Girls are starting puberty younger — why, and what are the risks?
More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The poor young girls, so few years of freedom.
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The second considers how Indigenous rights are important for the continued discussions about Space governance and activities www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Overview of Indigenous rights and outer space for the IAU-CPS Policy Hub | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union | Cambridge Core
Overview of Indigenous rights and outer space for the IAU-CPS Policy Hub - Volume 20 Issue S385
www.cambridge.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The second considers how Indigenous rights are important for the continued discussions about Space governance and activities www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I’m so happy to see that two articles I wrote for the IAUS 385: Astronomy and Satellite Constellations is published. These articles are now a couple of years old but I think they continue to be relevant to how we engage with Outer Space exploration and exploitation.
Indigenous knowledges and kinship as a model for our future in outer space | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union | Cambridge Core
Indigenous knowledges and kinship as a model for our future in outer space - Volume 20 Issue S385
www.cambridge.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I’m so happy to see that two articles I wrote for the IAUS 385: Astronomy and Satellite Constellations is published. These articles are now a couple of years old but I think they continue to be relevant to how we engage with Outer Space exploration and exploitation.
I have to stay up until 12.30 am for a two-hour meeting. Aaaagrh.
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I have to stay up until 12.30 am for a two-hour meeting. Aaaagrh.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
'Only no-one knew why they owed their debt or how long it would take to repay'
'Only no-one knew why they owed their debt or how long it would take to repay'
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
'In the evening we had a dance'.
'In the evening we had a dance'.
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
'Only no-one knew why they owed their debt or how long it would take to repay'
'Only no-one knew why they owed their debt or how long it would take to repay'
Gilmour Space raises $146 million
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Gilmour Space raises $146 million
Australian launch vehicle and satellite manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies has raised its largest funding round to date to scale up production.
spacenews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Gilmour Space raises $146 million
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I've just emailed @albomp.bsky.social requesting that he rescind the invitation of war criminal Isaac Herzog, the genocide-inciting Israeli president, to Australia. #auspol
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I've just emailed @albomp.bsky.social requesting that he rescind the invitation of war criminal Isaac Herzog, the genocide-inciting Israeli president, to Australia. #auspol
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106. Rongomātau – ‘sensing the knowing’: An Indigenous Methodology Utilising Sensed Knowledge From the Researcher
Rongomatau recognises the researcher as an absorbent being, with capabilities to feel into the energetic lives of others
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
Rongomatau recognises the researcher as an absorbent being, with capabilities to feel into the energetic lives of others
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
Rongomātau – ‘sensing the knowing’: An Indigenous Methodology Utilising Sensed Knowledge From the Researcher. – Anti-Colonial Research Library
The paper offers a methodology, stimulated by an Indigenous-Maori context, called rongomatau, or ‘sensing the knowing’. Rongomatau recognises the researcher…
www.anticolonialresearchlibrary.org
January 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
106. Rongomātau – ‘sensing the knowing’: An Indigenous Methodology Utilising Sensed Knowledge From the Researcher
Rongomatau recognises the researcher as an absorbent being, with capabilities to feel into the energetic lives of others
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
Rongomatau recognises the researcher as an absorbent being, with capabilities to feel into the energetic lives of others
#TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky
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The map's form: carved ornamentation
It shows: bad behaviour
Its purpose: to mislead
It shows: bad behaviour
Its purpose: to mislead
January 21, 2026 at 5:34 AM
The map's form: carved ornamentation
It shows: bad behaviour
Its purpose: to mislead
It shows: bad behaviour
Its purpose: to mislead
January 20, 2026 at 11:21 PM
'REPUBLICANS: Not all republicans are thieves, but all thieves are republicans.'
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
'REPUBLICANS: Not all republicans are thieves, but all thieves are republicans.'
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
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This is a great question and the responses are lots of fun. It appears to be an almost-unanimous "Whoa".
What does everyone think of Jupiter?
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This is a great question and the responses are lots of fun. It appears to be an almost-unanimous "Whoa".
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25. Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
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Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
25. Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
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Excited to be on tomorrow's live episode of "I'm with Genius," the science/tech podcast by David Hewlett (of Stargate fame 🤯). We'll be discussing what it's like to be a space archaeologist. 🏺You can check it out at 7 PM CET/1PM EST/10 AM PST tomorrow, January 21 here techbandits.org/iwsgg.html
I'm With (Stargate) Genius | TECH BANDITS
techbandits.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Excited to be on tomorrow's live episode of "I'm with Genius," the science/tech podcast by David Hewlett (of Stargate fame 🤯). We'll be discussing what it's like to be a space archaeologist. 🏺You can check it out at 7 PM CET/1PM EST/10 AM PST tomorrow, January 21 here techbandits.org/iwsgg.html
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Ozymandias Replies.
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Ozymandias Replies
[An illustration from Frederik Ludvig Norden, Drawings of some ruins and colossal statues at Thebes in Egypt: with an account of the same in a letter to the Royal Society (1741)]
profadamroberts.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Ozymandias Replies.
profadamroberts.substack.com/p/ozymandias...
profadamroberts.substack.com/p/ozymandias...
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"Whether you’re planning your future as a Martian or just wondering if humans can have sex in space, this book should be on your wish list."
@dreochapman.bsky.social reviews "Becoming Martian" by @scottsolomon.bsky.social for @physicsworld.bsky.social:
@dreochapman.bsky.social reviews "Becoming Martian" by @scottsolomon.bsky.social for @physicsworld.bsky.social:
Mission to Mars: from biological barriers to ethical impediments – Physics World
Emma Chapman reviews Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds by Scott Solomon
physicsworld.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
"Whether you’re planning your future as a Martian or just wondering if humans can have sex in space, this book should be on your wish list."
@dreochapman.bsky.social reviews "Becoming Martian" by @scottsolomon.bsky.social for @physicsworld.bsky.social:
@dreochapman.bsky.social reviews "Becoming Martian" by @scottsolomon.bsky.social for @physicsworld.bsky.social:
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or the expectant pause in a roomful of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're all alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful, if you listen carefully."
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
or the expectant pause in a roomful of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're all alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful, if you listen carefully."
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every so often people try and out-space-trivia me with the 'exact' number of moons Jupiter or Saturn has, and I'm like 🤷♀️ like a hundred? They find new ones all the time!
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 AM
every so often people try and out-space-trivia me with the 'exact' number of moons Jupiter or Saturn has, and I'm like 🤷♀️ like a hundred? They find new ones all the time!
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Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame
https://www.ufofeed.com/197551/jupiter-and-all-four-galilean-moons-captured-in-a-single-frame/
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame by JustForFun_107
https://www.ufofeed.com/197551/jupiter-and-all-four-galilean-moons-captured-in-a-single-frame/
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame by JustForFun_107
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame - UFO FEED
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame
www.ufofeed.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame
https://www.ufofeed.com/197551/jupiter-and-all-four-galilean-moons-captured-in-a-single-frame/
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame by JustForFun_107
https://www.ufofeed.com/197551/jupiter-and-all-four-galilean-moons-captured-in-a-single-frame/
Jupiter and all four Galilean moons captured in a single frame by JustForFun_107