Space missions analysis @ NASA, coffee commentary, husky content, views my own — https://nitter.cf/t.co/7grfSZw3SX
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Benjamin Merrel retweeted
🔊SOUND ON🔊
POV: You’re 4,000 feet away from NASA’s #Artemis I launching to the Moon🌕
Benjamin Merrel retweeted
SACD aerospace engineers from @NASA_Langley have been having a great time @ascendspace this week, sharing their work on exploring the universe for the benefit of humanity. Thanks for the hospitality @aiaa! #ASCENDspace
ALT Seventeen people are standing together in a hotel lobby, in front of a large blue screen with white letters that reads "ASCEND." The floors and walls are beige. Everyone is smiling.
Benjamin Merrel retweeted
In terms of space policy, the big picture here is that top engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama are writing glowingly about a NASA-funded program that will use reusable, super heavy rockets to launch huge propellant depots.
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“Not to worry” isn’t helping me not worry about a ~$10 billion space telescope.
In late May, Webb sustained a dust-sized micrometeroid impact to a primary mirror segment. Not to worry: Webb is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements. Our first images will #UnfoldTheUniverse on July 12: go.nasa.gov/3mvyZoJ
ALT An artist illustration of Webb, floating in space in the darkness with the golden glow of a. galaxy reflected in its mirrors.
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Attention parents: @NASA_Langley is inviting K-12 students to creatively visualize #NASA’s science, technology, aeronautical & human exploration activities in the 2022 NASA Langley Art Contest, using the theme “Drawn to Explore.”
Visit here for details: artcontest.larc.nasa.gov/
Benjamin Merrel retweeted
Record-breaking fires have scorched and scarred many parts of the United States in recent years. With climates becoming increasingly drier and warmer, NASA scientists are learning more about how these fires impact people's lives, property, and livelihoods. go.nasa.gov/3B5HHz3
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We’ve never done any of this before.
For the 29 days after liftoff, our @NASAWebb Space Telescope will unfold like origami step by step so it can begin telling the origin story of the universe. There are no second chances: nasa.gov/jwst
Benjamin Merrel retweeted
Congrats to @inspiration4x - the first all-private orbital mission has reached orbit!
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1. It turns out that big-box stores are an even worse deal for cities and towns – worse than anyone, even their opponents, once thought.
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Blue Origin video from inside the New Shepard capsule in space:
Jeff Bezos: “Who wants a Skittle?”
Benjamin Merrel retweeted
Wow, this is absolutely incredible. (Via @timsoret) – at San Francisco, CA
J'ai imaginé une pub moderne pour l'ordinateur le plus stylé de tous les temps : le Macintosh 128k, sorti en 1984!
Je vous mets plein d'infos sur la réalisation de cette vidéo juste en dessous ⬇️
🇬🇧 EN Breakdown available here: behance.net/gallery/12156395…
Benjamin Merrel retweeted
Bill Nelson says NASA is planning "a landing each year for a dozen years" on the Moon beginning as early as 2024.