Pilot, @SpaceX Employee, @usairforce Space Ops, @NASA Solar System Ambassador, @NASASocial Alumni, @civilairpatrol Illinois Wing Director of Aerospace Education
Orlando, FL
Joined April 2018
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Had a great time yesterday checking out the UP Summit at Max Power. It’s great to see people being able to see what is going on in the Space/ Aerospace industry. I was lucky to spend some time with my friends @DrSianProctor and @mhaskellphoto. And meet the awesome @MikeMongo.
Yesterday’s Learjet crash in Florida took nine lives in a sudden and catastrophic way. The investigation is only beginning, and the NTSB will determine what happened. In the meantime, some of the commentary directed at the young female co-pilot has been reprehensible.
As a pilot with more than twenty years of flying, and as someone with friends and colleagues who are outstanding female aviators, I find the rush to question her qualifications and competence both baseless and wrong. Every pilot who reaches that seat has met the same FAA standards—check rides, checkouts, and recurrent evaluations that apply equally to all of us. There is no basis for accusations that she was somehow less qualified or less capable simply because of who she is.
Those of us who fly know the standards we are all held to. My sentiments echo those expressed by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: the proper response is respect for those who were lost and patience for the facts, not speculation that undermines a pilot who earned her place in the cockpit.
Congrats to the team!
SpaceX has now crossed 700 Falcon 9 launches
700 missions flown by a single rocket family, at a scale and pace that have completely transformed modern spaceflight
Starlink 15-16 marked the 700th mission on October 27, with Starlink 15-18 following as the 701st on October 31
Since its first flight in 2010, Falcon 9 has revolutionized space transportation through reusable rocket technology
What once took years now happens every few days
SpaceX has turned launching and landing rockets into routine spaceflight
And that's an absolutely extraordinary engineering achievement
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Cool!!
BREAKING: @SierraSpaceCo's Dream Chaser has received a Re-entry licence from the @FAAnews.
This authorizes a return to Vandenberg Space Force Base from Earth orbit.
Re-entry, however, requires Dream Chaser to launch, and when (or if) that happens is a very open question.
📷 @SierraSpaceCo
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Heading to New York tomorrow for Mission: 60s! If you're around JFK Airport, check it out. It's put on by Luna Replicas at the historic TWA terminal, now a hotel.
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Guess who and their @Tesla are in this picture. This guy!!! Great shot @LaunchPhoto!!
Round Two for me today. Go Falcon Heavy!!! Go @SpaceX!!!
Cybercab spotted today in Orlando on my way to the Cape. Nice to see @Tesla expansion in the wild.
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On the way in to prep for @NASA Crew-13. Gotta have the right tunes to get me pumped!! @TSStarfish
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Up Next! And you better believe I’m working it.
