Tom Bryan
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I give you a momentary reprieve from the madness:
The Vera Rubin Observatory has taken its first images of the sky, and they are *extraordinary*. Mind blowing detail, jaw dropping beauty.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/rubin-open...
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The Vera Rubin Observatory has taken its first images of the sky, and they are *extraordinary*. Mind blowing detail, jaw dropping beauty.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/rubin-open...
🔭 🧪
Rubin opens its eye. And what it sees is the Universe.
Mind-blowing first images from the huge telescope.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I give you a momentary reprieve from the madness:
The Vera Rubin Observatory has taken its first images of the sky, and they are *extraordinary*. Mind blowing detail, jaw dropping beauty.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/rubin-open...
🔭 🧪
The Vera Rubin Observatory has taken its first images of the sky, and they are *extraordinary*. Mind blowing detail, jaw dropping beauty.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/rubin-open...
🔭 🧪
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This is a good point, and I need to think about the fallout from these two pissy babies tantruming at each other. It's funny, certainly, but the ramifications could be very serious for a lot of reasons.
Those faces are getting eaten by leopards pretty voraciously right now.
Those faces are getting eaten by leopards pretty voraciously right now.
"If SpaceX does indeed withdraw from manned and cargo resupply of the ISS, the station will go into survival mode."
Perhaps we should have thought about this before entrusting the race to space to self-centered people. ☝️
Perhaps we should have thought about this before entrusting the race to space to self-centered people. ☝️
Je ne sais avec quel niveau de sérieux il faut prendre cette déclaration.
Mais si effectivement SpaceX se retire du ravitaillement habité+cargo de l'ISS, la station passe en mode survie avec un Soyouz tous les 8 mois qui assure un équipage de 3 personnes. Soit quasi plus de science.
Mais si effectivement SpaceX se retire du ravitaillement habité+cargo de l'ISS, la station passe en mode survie avec un Soyouz tous les 8 mois qui assure un équipage de 3 personnes. Soit quasi plus de science.
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is a good point, and I need to think about the fallout from these two pissy babies tantruming at each other. It's funny, certainly, but the ramifications could be very serious for a lot of reasons.
Those faces are getting eaten by leopards pretty voraciously right now.
Those faces are getting eaten by leopards pretty voraciously right now.
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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This is from my newsletter today.
"For every $100 the US government spent, it put 40¢ in the bucket for NASA. And what do we get for that?
✨The Universe ✨"
"One of these bills represents, to scale, the federal budget & the other with NASA’s total budget trimmed off the edges. Can you tell the difference?" @philplait.bsky.social
✨The Universe ✨"
"One of these bills represents, to scale, the federal budget & the other with NASA’s total budget trimmed off the edges. Can you tell the difference?" @philplait.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is from my newsletter today.
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![Comic. [rocket launching with a smaller rocket following] [caption] Aerospace Tip: Although the technique reduces atmospheric drag for many types of vehicles, you should *never* try to improve rocket launch efficiency through drafting.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreielrrgefwvrf7pdxyxkm2hofc5b42vswo64fbqyeh25zfinokzx3i@jpeg)
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You probably won't believe how desperate Starliner's flight to the space station got last summer ...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
April 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You probably won't believe how desperate Starliner's flight to the space station got last summer ...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
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Who else is great?!
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March 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Who else is great?!
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After falsely being described as being "stuck" in space, Boeing's Starliner crewmates Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth, splashing down with Crew-9 members Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov on SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Freedom."
Never-'stuck' Starliner astronauts land with Crew-9 duo on SpaceX Dragon
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, have returned to Earth, splashing down with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Al...
www.collectspace.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
After falsely being described as being "stuck" in space, Boeing's Starliner crewmates Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth, splashing down with Crew-9 members Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov on SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Freedom."
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The only thing abandoned is the truth. I spent years at NASA, where facts ruled—you can’t fake physics or negotiate with gravity. So why are some so willing to deny truth? When history gets rewritten and facts twisted to serve power, we all lose. open.substack.com/pub/amikokel...
The Only Thing Abandoned is the Truth
Preserving NASA’s Legacy Amidst a Vortex of Misinformation
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The only thing abandoned is the truth. I spent years at NASA, where facts ruled—you can’t fake physics or negotiate with gravity. So why are some so willing to deny truth? When history gets rewritten and facts twisted to serve power, we all lose. open.substack.com/pub/amikokel...
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The SpaceX Crew-10 zero-g indicator was chosen to represent the four astronauts' common traits and symbolize their shared hope for continued cooperation.
SpaceX Crew-10 folds traits, hopes into origami crane zero-g indicator
What do you get when you fold together the ambitions and contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia? A zero-gravity indicator in the form of a croche...
www.collectspace.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The SpaceX Crew-10 zero-g indicator was chosen to represent the four astronauts' common traits and symbolize their shared hope for continued cooperation.
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Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, Artemis II crewmates Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Tom Hanks took to the stage at Space Center Houston to discuss the past and future exploration of the moon.
Tom Hanks at 'Moonwalkers' film premiere predicts getting busy on moon
Tom Hanks knows there are two things that are going to happen in the future. One, the day will come when astronauts land on the moon and are greeted by other humans, signaling the moon has become a ho...
www.collectspace.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, Artemis II crewmates Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Tom Hanks took to the stage at Space Center Houston to discuss the past and future exploration of the moon.
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"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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As of 2:34 a.m. CST (0834 GMT) on Sunday (March 2), the moon is home to a new spacecraft. Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first Blue Ghost, becoming just the second company in history to safely reach the lunar surface.
Blue Ghost on the moon! Firefly safely lands, delivers NASA science
Like a lightning bug blinking as it made its way down into a marsh, the Blue Ghost fired its thrusters as it descended into the
www.collectspace.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
As of 2:34 a.m. CST (0834 GMT) on Sunday (March 2), the moon is home to a new spacecraft. Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first Blue Ghost, becoming just the second company in history to safely reach the lunar surface.
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Hurricane forecasting has never been better. The NHC just had their most successful year of forecasting. But we sit at a perilous moment, and it's important to understand the ramifications of what may be coming from the Trump Administration. Here, we offer an economic argument to proceed cautiously.
Austerity measures threaten to stall absolutely amazing, cost-saving hurricane forecast progress
Hurricane forecasting has never been better. We say that a lot, but the statistics bear that out, and last hurricane season was literally the best one yet. National Hurricane Center track forecast …
theeyewall.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hurricane forecasting has never been better. The NHC just had their most successful year of forecasting. But we sit at a perilous moment, and it's important to understand the ramifications of what may be coming from the Trump Administration. Here, we offer an economic argument to proceed cautiously.
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At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
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February 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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January 24, 2025
January 24, 2025
“NUTS!”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
January 24, 2025