Dr. Alex Parker
@alexparker.bsky.social
Exploration scientist, engineer, artist. Building things for space inspired by things in the sea, and things for the sea inspired by space. Discovered a few moons along the way.
Also recently started mapping some of the small lakes in the area. Here’s the 3D dissolved oxygen map of one lake that showed substantial hypoxia at depth.
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Also recently started mapping some of the small lakes in the area. Here’s the 3D dissolved oxygen map of one lake that showed substantial hypoxia at depth.
Robot’s eye view over the oyster farm. The sensor pod was towed down at oyster-level.
September 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Robot’s eye view over the oyster farm. The sensor pod was towed down at oyster-level.
Oh cool! I’ve seen one of those in action before. Pretty rad platform.
July 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Oh cool! I’ve seen one of those in action before. Pretty rad platform.
I’m intrigued! Can you point me to the model you’re using?
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’m intrigued! Can you point me to the model you’re using?
This feels like an uncomfortable corollary to the Turing test.
July 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This feels like an uncomfortable corollary to the Turing test.
Glad I’m not the only one.
July 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Glad I’m not the only one.
This is not the abstract, but it gives you an idea of what we were working on.
May 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is not the abstract, but it gives you an idea of what we were working on.
I have a literal barn full.
May 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I have a literal barn full.
Sorld Ieference Matabase for the Bdentification of Astronomical Dbjects.
May 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Sorld Ieference Matabase for the Bdentification of Astronomical Dbjects.
A racing coffin?
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A racing coffin?
Reposted by Dr. Alex Parker
Well… Do ring particles count as micrometeoroids? 😅 science.nasa.gov/resource/shi...
Shields Up - NASA Science
Before settling into orbit around Saturn in 2004, the Cassini spacecraft faced a white-knuckle ride through the plane of the planet’s rings. The spacecraft was bombarded with about 100,000 impacts fro...
science.nasa.gov
January 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Well… Do ring particles count as micrometeoroids? 😅 science.nasa.gov/resource/shi...
Lots of sonic booms for sure.
January 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Lots of sonic booms for sure.
And here it is: the first audio I’m aware of that records a micrometeoroid strike. Data from NASA in 2014, audio reconstruction by me in 2017.
Bonk!
Bonk!
January 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
And here it is: the first audio I’m aware of that records a micrometeoroid strike. Data from NASA in 2014, audio reconstruction by me in 2017.
Bonk!
Bonk!