I'm Irish 2 da Core... American Made, Internationally minded.
Seattle, WA
Joined March 2010
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Every so often I see a post from someone that didn't find an eclipse an incredible experience. They didn't seem to get the hype.
The sun turned into a black ball with glowing plasma shooting off of it. If that doesn't get you to feel something, nothing will 😆
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Only one chance in this lifetime…
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.
I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.
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Isaacman would have been an amazing NASA administrator. What a gut punch for the space agency.
🚨🚨 new all-in interview: jared isaacman on what went wrong at nasa
@rookisaacman joins @friedberg for an incredible conversation on:
-- being nominated by president trump to lead nasa
-- the problems at nasa and his plan to fix them: misalignment, bureaucracy, external forces
-- breaking down the proposed budget cuts to nasa
-- why china caught up in defense and space, and how to change america's trajectory
-- private vs public in the space industry
-- why his nomination was withdrawn days before he was set to be confirmed
(0:00) @friedberg welcomes @rookisaacman
(1:10) jared's background: billion-dollar founder, pilot, commercial astronaut
(7:15) relationship with elon and spacex, road to becoming a commercial astronaut
(16:37) becoming trump's nominee to lead nasa, the major issues at nasa and his plan to fix them
(31:52) breaking down nasa's proposed budget cuts, the space race against china, private vs public space industry
(48:31) why jared's nomination was withdrawn by president trump
Brandon retweeted
After flying to a peak altitude of ~90km, traveling more than 60 km downrange from Starbase, and completing its boostback burn and coast, Super Heavy ignited its landing burn less than 40 meters away from the preflight target.
The Raptor engines and booster guidance system precisely maneuvered the vehicle through the highest wind speeds yet for a Super Heavy landing burn.
Upgrades to the chopstick controls enabled them to start wider and move earlier for catch, expanding the envelope for booster landing burn trajectories.
Brandon retweeted
Hey by the way, don't be this guy. He's reposted this three separate times after continually being called out post after post.
I'm pretty lenient in how people can use my content, except for specific circumstances with specific people.
Don't be like this, it's not hard
Brandon retweeted
🚀I'll be blasting off to #Seattle's @museumofflight, opening #AstronautJanuary on Jan 11th! An amazing month of #astronaut visits and programs. I'm looking forward to #SHARINGSPACE with you!
museumofflight.org/astronaut…
@Astro_SEAL @Astro_Nicole @SpaceForArtFoun @penguinrandom
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Ship 29 makes it through re-entry, minus part of a flap, and does a bellyflop!
And...............no way! It looked like a flip and burn and soft splashdown?!
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Absolutely biblical skies in Tasmania at 4am this morning. I’m leaving today and knew I could not pass up this opportunity for such a large solar storm. Here’s the image. I actually had to de-saturate the colours. Clouds glowing red. Insane. Shot on Nikon. Rt appreciated
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Cryogenic fluid technologies are critical for human missions to the Moon and Mars and our future exploration goals. Today, during the Starship test flight, we worked with @SpaceX to demonstrate a liquid oxygen propellant transfer. Teams are reviewing flight data to learn how it went.
More on the tech: go.nasa.gov/4acCDdZ
ALT Artist rendering of an example of cryogenic fluid management technologies seen incorporated into a spacecraft with the Moon in the foreground and Earth in the background
Brandon retweeted
100% of airborne samples taken inside their trains and buses contained traces of meth, yet @KingCountyMetro wants us to believe it's totally safe for drivers and passengers. Exactly how dumb do they think you are?
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David Owen Lundell creates clever furnitures, which essentially means they have lots of hidden spaces and contraptions to access them
[📹 davidolundell]
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