Lidia Midnight Rocket
@tahoma206.bsky.social
Aerospace Engineer/ love Reliable, Fast, and High-Tech Things/✈
Artist/🤍
Here is my Diary/
Member of @aiaa /
Wayward Thermophysical Girl /
she/her
Artist/🤍
Here is my Diary/
Member of @aiaa /
Wayward Thermophysical Girl /
she/her
Modified Contract responsibility...
Cargo + Three Necessary + 2 as possible or Modified. ( Commercial Certification)
No
Cargo + Three Necessary + 2 as possible or Modified. ( Commercial Certification)
No
NASA and Boeing have modified the Starliner contract to 4 flights (instead of 6), the first of which will carry only cargo. Targeted for April 2026. Other two in the original contract will be options.
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Modified Contract responsibility...
Cargo + Three Necessary + 2 as possible or Modified. ( Commercial Certification)
No
Cargo + Three Necessary + 2 as possible or Modified. ( Commercial Certification)
No
Two space letters...Conversation near launch pad....Informal Discussions all day.
And thats even not my mission...( no any direct responsibility).
Note: Thats a reason why I decide to stay with aerospace. Reliability must be the first priority despite budgets and in - program relationship..
💙
And thats even not my mission...( no any direct responsibility).
Note: Thats a reason why I decide to stay with aerospace. Reliability must be the first priority despite budgets and in - program relationship..
💙
June 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Two space letters...Conversation near launch pad....Informal Discussions all day.
And thats even not my mission...( no any direct responsibility).
Note: Thats a reason why I decide to stay with aerospace. Reliability must be the first priority despite budgets and in - program relationship..
💙
And thats even not my mission...( no any direct responsibility).
Note: Thats a reason why I decide to stay with aerospace. Reliability must be the first priority despite budgets and in - program relationship..
💙
Probability is Zero,
Many Launches Ahead, and Long Fiight Ahead too...
Many Launches Ahead, and Long Fiight Ahead too...
And one of that launches, can be my last...
Just two months ago I couldn't even think about it... Now probability is 75%
Just two months ago I couldn't even think about it... Now probability is 75%
United Launch Alliance is currently gearing up for a slew of launches this summer, one of which will include the heaviest commercial payload ever launched coming in at over 25,700 kg, shattering the current 17,400kg record currently held by SpaceX.
June 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Probability is Zero,
Many Launches Ahead, and Long Fiight Ahead too...
Many Launches Ahead, and Long Fiight Ahead too...
It's 01 : 40 in my new home...
Me with my roommate, listening music and discussing Starship launch...
- We are now inventing terms alternate to RUD..
Unpredictable Reliability Issue, Or Unresolved Fuel System Dysfunction are the best for now 😆😆
Me with my roommate, listening music and discussing Starship launch...
- We are now inventing terms alternate to RUD..
Unpredictable Reliability Issue, Or Unresolved Fuel System Dysfunction are the best for now 😆😆
May 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It's 01 : 40 in my new home...
Me with my roommate, listening music and discussing Starship launch...
- We are now inventing terms alternate to RUD..
Unpredictable Reliability Issue, Or Unresolved Fuel System Dysfunction are the best for now 😆😆
Me with my roommate, listening music and discussing Starship launch...
- We are now inventing terms alternate to RUD..
Unpredictable Reliability Issue, Or Unresolved Fuel System Dysfunction are the best for now 😆😆
Reposted by Lidia Midnight Rocket
We are inviting proposals from UK research organisations to explore the feasibility of a UK-led scientific instrument for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, designed to search for Earth-like planets beyond our Solar System. 🔭 🌍
Find out more 👉
space.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Find out more 👉
space.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/19/u...
UK aims to lead an instrument on NASA mission to find habitable worlds
The UK Space Agency is taking its first step towards contributing to NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will search for life beyond our Solar System. The Agency is launching a call for proposa...
space.blog.gov.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are inviting proposals from UK research organisations to explore the feasibility of a UK-led scientific instrument for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, designed to search for Earth-like planets beyond our Solar System. 🔭 🌍
Find out more 👉
space.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Find out more 👉
space.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/19/u...
That moment when you ( very bad photographer) try to catch the beautiful rainbow.....
May 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
That moment when you ( very bad photographer) try to catch the beautiful rainbow.....
🔏
Triple - Trip Ahead
Triple - Trip Ahead
May 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🔏
Triple - Trip Ahead
Triple - Trip Ahead
✈🇮🇹 Soon
Exciting, Important and Hard week ahead
Exciting, Important and Hard week ahead
May 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
✈🇮🇹 Soon
Exciting, Important and Hard week ahead
Exciting, Important and Hard week ahead
Named after one of my non - aerospace role model...
Dave A. Johnston.
Scientist with heart in hand, Human with a Soul stronger than all the volcanoes on our Planet.
Dave A. Johnston.
Scientist with heart in hand, Human with a Soul stronger than all the volcanoes on our Planet.
Happening today in Vancouver!
Great opportunity to meet the scientists who help monitor Mount St. Helens and the other Cascade volcanoes—and much more.
Great opportunity to meet the scientists who help monitor Mount St. Helens and the other Cascade volcanoes—and much more.
CVO is having an Open House!
The USGS David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory will be hosting an Open House for the public on May 10, 2025!
www.usgs.gov
May 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Named after one of my non - aerospace role model...
Dave A. Johnston.
Scientist with heart in hand, Human with a Soul stronger than all the volcanoes on our Planet.
Dave A. Johnston.
Scientist with heart in hand, Human with a Soul stronger than all the volcanoes on our Planet.
And one of that launches, can be my last...
Just two months ago I couldn't even think about it... Now probability is 75%
Just two months ago I couldn't even think about it... Now probability is 75%
United Launch Alliance is currently gearing up for a slew of launches this summer, one of which will include the heaviest commercial payload ever launched coming in at over 25,700 kg, shattering the current 17,400kg record currently held by SpaceX.
May 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And one of that launches, can be my last...
Just two months ago I couldn't even think about it... Now probability is 75%
Just two months ago I couldn't even think about it... Now probability is 75%
This is the time we live in...
Populism prevails over science, and it would seem that people who should know more and fight for every argument talk about "inspiring times" (I'm not only talking about management but also about those who call themselves Science Advocacy Enthusiasts)
Populism prevails over science, and it would seem that people who should know more and fight for every argument talk about "inspiring times" (I'm not only talking about management but also about those who call themselves Science Advocacy Enthusiasts)
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is the time we live in...
Populism prevails over science, and it would seem that people who should know more and fight for every argument talk about "inspiring times" (I'm not only talking about management but also about those who call themselves Science Advocacy Enthusiasts)
Populism prevails over science, and it would seem that people who should know more and fight for every argument talk about "inspiring times" (I'm not only talking about management but also about those who call themselves Science Advocacy Enthusiasts)
See how it works....
They try to find "conflict of interest" in conference papers of scientists but do not see anything here....
My decision for leaving aerospace will come also with my three scrapped conference and block from some big events like IAF...
They try to find "conflict of interest" in conference papers of scientists but do not see anything here....
My decision for leaving aerospace will come also with my three scrapped conference and block from some big events like IAF...
See how this works?
Scoop: We've obtained internal cables showing how the U.S. government is pushing countries facing tariffs to clear way for Musk's Starlink
State Dept says it's good to encourage Starlink adoption
Others point to blurring of Musk's private/government roles ...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
State Dept says it's good to encourage Starlink adoption
Others point to blurring of Musk's private/government roles ...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
May 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
See how it works....
They try to find "conflict of interest" in conference papers of scientists but do not see anything here....
My decision for leaving aerospace will come also with my three scrapped conference and block from some big events like IAF...
They try to find "conflict of interest" in conference papers of scientists but do not see anything here....
My decision for leaving aerospace will come also with my three scrapped conference and block from some big events like IAF...
My next 90 days ( approximately) will looks like...
Claiming overshift hours at aerospace to converting into days - off for new path connections. ( now I have overshifts for two connections)
Claiming overshift hours at aerospace to converting into days - off for new path connections. ( now I have overshifts for two connections)
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My next 90 days ( approximately) will looks like...
Claiming overshift hours at aerospace to converting into days - off for new path connections. ( now I have overshifts for two connections)
Claiming overshift hours at aerospace to converting into days - off for new path connections. ( now I have overshifts for two connections)
All that go from my morality and personal sight...
Now I am focused on my Space and Aviation responsibility, but now I feel more prepared...Still committed to succesfull missions. But morally also prepare for new pathway
Now I am focused on my Space and Aviation responsibility, but now I feel more prepared...Still committed to succesfull missions. But morally also prepare for new pathway
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
All that go from my morality and personal sight...
Now I am focused on my Space and Aviation responsibility, but now I feel more prepared...Still committed to succesfull missions. But morally also prepare for new pathway
Now I am focused on my Space and Aviation responsibility, but now I feel more prepared...Still committed to succesfull missions. But morally also prepare for new pathway
1. Unfortunately, before this period I did not know how people can leave their dream job, leaving behind something that they seemed to have grown attached to with their hearts all this time...
May 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
1. Unfortunately, before this period I did not know how people can leave their dream job, leaving behind something that they seemed to have grown attached to with their hearts all this time...
Make my official and solid non - aerospace admission today...
And not, that not because my program like SLS in indefinite path ( all good with that and my role in), that's because the term "Reliability" now about "profitable test methods" and not about "human lives" and "safety"...
And not, that not because my program like SLS in indefinite path ( all good with that and my role in), that's because the term "Reliability" now about "profitable test methods" and not about "human lives" and "safety"...
May 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Make my official and solid non - aerospace admission today...
And not, that not because my program like SLS in indefinite path ( all good with that and my role in), that's because the term "Reliability" now about "profitable test methods" and not about "human lives" and "safety"...
And not, that not because my program like SLS in indefinite path ( all good with that and my role in), that's because the term "Reliability" now about "profitable test methods" and not about "human lives" and "safety"...
After a week's rest, I'm returning to Aerospace... A very productive week and I promise to be active here... (following some events).
( you can follow my remarks here, or in my X profile)😉
Now I trying to be active on two platforms
( you can follow my remarks here, or in my X profile)😉
Now I trying to be active on two platforms
Tough choice, but Wed.'s Senate confirmation hearing for Jared Isaacman to be NASA Admin is our pick of the wk (with the Space Symposium close behind)
What’s Happening in Space Policy April 6-12, 2025 spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...
What’s Happening in Space Policy April 6-12, 2025 spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...
April 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After a week's rest, I'm returning to Aerospace... A very productive week and I promise to be active here... (following some events).
( you can follow my remarks here, or in my X profile)😉
Now I trying to be active on two platforms
( you can follow my remarks here, or in my X profile)😉
Now I trying to be active on two platforms
Reposted by Lidia Midnight Rocket
Really struggling to get comments from NASA on any stories with a whiff of a political edge these days, which is unfortunate.
Should be a fun four years of "no comments"
Should be a fun four years of "no comments"
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Really struggling to get comments from NASA on any stories with a whiff of a political edge these days, which is unfortunate.
Should be a fun four years of "no comments"
Should be a fun four years of "no comments"
The shortest course: "How to say everything so that later you won't be responsible for anything..."
Realy, that phrase about "ISS autimn flight window" just killed me!
Realy, that phrase about "ISS autimn flight window" just killed me!
Good news there is progress on the Starliner front, testing going (70% there) on and a possible flight to the ISS this Autumn depending on the ISS traffic at that time. ( There's a critical cargo run that has to be made in the fall and there are just so many ISS ports available) 4/
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The shortest course: "How to say everything so that later you won't be responsible for anything..."
Realy, that phrase about "ISS autimn flight window" just killed me!
Realy, that phrase about "ISS autimn flight window" just killed me!
Will there ever come a time when I can calmly look at plasma trails?...
or not...
My childhood traumatic experience, and my inspiration to be an aerospace engineer. Mixed feeling, mixed emotions - every time...
or not...
My childhood traumatic experience, and my inspiration to be an aerospace engineer. Mixed feeling, mixed emotions - every time...
March 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Will there ever come a time when I can calmly look at plasma trails?...
or not...
My childhood traumatic experience, and my inspiration to be an aerospace engineer. Mixed feeling, mixed emotions - every time...
or not...
My childhood traumatic experience, and my inspiration to be an aerospace engineer. Mixed feeling, mixed emotions - every time...
Sorry, but support and populist speeches are two different things... What kind of support can we talk about when there are cuts that affect real science...
And by agreeing with such narratives, you support a catastrophe and not the Golden Age of the Space!
And by agreeing with such narratives, you support a catastrophe and not the Golden Age of the Space!
Trump Renews Support for Humans on Mars, Golden Dome spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-r...
Trump Renews Support for Humans on Mars, Golden Dome
Posted: March 4, 2025 11:58 pm ET | Last Updated: March 5, 2025 12:34 am ET | In an address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, President Trump reiterated his support for sending humans t...
spacepolicyonline.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sorry, but support and populist speeches are two different things... What kind of support can we talk about when there are cuts that affect real science...
And by agreeing with such narratives, you support a catastrophe and not the Golden Age of the Space!
And by agreeing with such narratives, you support a catastrophe and not the Golden Age of the Space!
If Twitter goes to hell....
I have a contingency plan 😉
Same rules, Same Lidia Midnight Rocket, Another platform 😊
I have a contingency plan 😉
Same rules, Same Lidia Midnight Rocket, Another platform 😊
November 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM
If Twitter goes to hell....
I have a contingency plan 😉
Same rules, Same Lidia Midnight Rocket, Another platform 😊
I have a contingency plan 😉
Same rules, Same Lidia Midnight Rocket, Another platform 😊