Founder, CTO Aphelion Aerospace @aphelionaerosp // ARES Institute // Fmr. COO, Aphelion Orbitals, Inc.

Las Vegas, NV
Joined May 2008
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Earlier today, a letter from Pope Leo XIV arrived at Rate Field. Go White Sox!
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Woah!!! Starship relight!!! That’s amazing!!!
Starship relight holy crap
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Last evening in America💔
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This is EXACTLY what AI was born to do 🤣 Writer: Ian
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A beautiful performance of “America The Beautiful” from The Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale 🇺🇸🦅 Happy 4th of July!
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Replying to @OfficialJoelF
They knew. It was actually their idea to have a call.
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Most surreal moment of our lives. Filmed the whole call, will post the video later.
We just called the International Space Station😭😭😭
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Jeff Bezos
@JeffBezosMay 30
Thank you for being here today. Your support means a lot to the whole team. We will get back to flight, and we will get to the Moon. Gradatim Ferociter.
We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy. Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead. There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems. We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes. @NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible. America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸
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Photos from ~5000ft of the aftermath from last night's hotfire anomaly involving New Glenn at SLC-36. 📸 @LaunchHeavenX
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The good news: we might have just broken a record! 👍👍 The bad news: the record is for largest accidental explosions 🫪
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The New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad during a static fire test tonight on pad 36. Video from the new SpaceX building getting built. Watch it all and have your volume up to hear the explosion.
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Ok I guess not
Replying to @Blobifie
New Glenn is pretty good at not exploding I think
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening. It deals a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. More here: bloom.bg/4dW5ua7
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Video of the Aerial view of New Glenn exploding from Orlando Airport
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I’ve already spoken with @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman regarding the explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket tonight at Cape Canaveral’s Space Force Station. I am grateful there were no reported injuries and thankful for the first responders, engineers, and launch crews who acted quickly. Praying for Florida’s Space Coast and everyone involved. 🇺🇸
We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test. All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.
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🚨🇺🇸 Best live reaction to the New Glenn explosion: "Hey, we out here fishing and shit, and we just witnessed a fucking explosion." "Bro, WTF" xitter.cf/LangmanVince/status/20…
🚨🇺🇸Footage of tonight's New Glenn explosion filmed from a nearby restaurant is wild. The fireball over Cape Canaveral looks straight out of a Fallout game. Imagine looking up from dinner to that...
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Remarkable video showing the extent of the fireball from New Glenn's failure on Thursday evening.
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Cuáles son las chances de ver explotar un cohete? #blueorigin – at Melbourne Beach, FL
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From downtown Orlando $blueorigin $newglenn $anomaly $spacecoast my condolences to the engineer team ❤️‍🔥 @NbergWX
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dont see many like that. lit up the sky like golden hour
pretty sure something just exploded on the launchpad in cape canaveral
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