Bob Whitefield
@bytefield.bsky.social
Software nerd interested in space, genetic algorithms and neuroevolution. Currently completing a book on settling space safely and sustainably. Yes, I do have ADHD.
Yup, looks like the Chinese got there first. 🇨🇳
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Yup, looks like the Chinese got there first. 🇨🇳
Angela, many of your posts are an opaque mystery. A few words of context would reveal the subject you’re referring to, so we don’t have to google.
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Angela, many of your posts are an opaque mystery. A few words of context would reveal the subject you’re referring to, so we don’t have to google.
Have you ever noticed that Tony Robbins and Penn Jillette have the same voice? I’d rather hear Penn though.
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Have you ever noticed that Tony Robbins and Penn Jillette have the same voice? I’d rather hear Penn though.
So that’s what CMEs sound like. 😁
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So that’s what CMEs sound like. 😁
My fifth-grade teacher would remind you that hey is for horses…
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My fifth-grade teacher would remind you that hey is for horses…
Excellent. Now can we get Avi Loeb investigated for being in the X-Files? 👽
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Excellent. Now can we get Avi Loeb investigated for being in the X-Files? 👽
I love hard SF. But I don’t love war. Must there be combat in space? Is it inevitable? Is it something to be celebrated?
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I love hard SF. But I don’t love war. Must there be combat in space? Is it inevitable? Is it something to be celebrated?
Robotic lunar logistics? Yes, please.
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Robotic lunar logistics? Yes, please.
I agreed with you up to frame interpolation. That’s a good thing to my autistic eyes. Makes animation butter smooth instead of jerky.
August 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I agreed with you up to frame interpolation. That’s a good thing to my autistic eyes. Makes animation butter smooth instead of jerky.
One liquid hydrogen tank and two oxygen in what I assume is the Mars landing craft? Are they just for a deorbit burn? I hope Superman can get there in time if that paraglider fails.
August 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One liquid hydrogen tank and two oxygen in what I assume is the Mars landing craft? Are they just for a deorbit burn? I hope Superman can get there in time if that paraglider fails.
Beautiful, really takes you there. Far more majestic without audio.
July 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Beautiful, really takes you there. Far more majestic without audio.
I can’t believe the lodge is gone. I haven’t been there in 25 years, but have fond memories of it and hoped to go back.
July 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I can’t believe the lodge is gone. I haven’t been there in 25 years, but have fond memories of it and hoped to go back.
Lovely, but where are the hens?
July 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Lovely, but where are the hens?
I’ll stick with good old-fashioned aspartame, thank you very much. 😋
July 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I’ll stick with good old-fashioned aspartame, thank you very much. 😋
You’d think that after finding a third interstellar object, Avi might give this up. These days extraordinary claims require only tenure at Harvard.
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
You’d think that after finding a third interstellar object, Avi might give this up. These days extraordinary claims require only tenure at Harvard.
Electrifying! Looking forward to it.
July 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Electrifying! Looking forward to it.
Oh my God, it’s full of stars.
May 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Oh my God, it’s full of stars.
Lovely! I can’t say my mom ever bought a multimeter, but if she did, it would be an antique.
May 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Lovely! I can’t say my mom ever bought a multimeter, but if she did, it would be an antique.
This image appeared on the cover of The Last Whole Earth Catalog. The Apollo 4 command module had a 70mm Hasselblad camera that took 200 images. I thought the Orion capsule would be full of expensive cameras for its test flight around the moon in 2022. But it only had some GoPros….
April 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This image appeared on the cover of The Last Whole Earth Catalog. The Apollo 4 command module had a 70mm Hasselblad camera that took 200 images. I thought the Orion capsule would be full of expensive cameras for its test flight around the moon in 2022. But it only had some GoPros….
I first saw 2001 in the summer of 1968, in 70mm Cinerama at the Cooper Theatre in Denver. I was eight years old, and haven’t been the same since. 🦴
April 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I first saw 2001 in the summer of 1968, in 70mm Cinerama at the Cooper Theatre in Denver. I was eight years old, and haven’t been the same since. 🦴
Reminds me of how DeepSeek plays chess.
February 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminds me of how DeepSeek plays chess.
Something on Rhino Records. Air by Talking Heads?
January 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Something on Rhino Records. Air by Talking Heads?
Oh my god, it’s the Orion Project!
December 14, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Oh my god, it’s the Orion Project!