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Chance Wen

@wenchance

Artist & CIR 国際交流員in 🇯🇵 Also an Urbanist + Rail Foamer + Otaku + Space Nerd 日本語は大丈夫です！ If like what you see, please support me on Ko-Fi (links are below👇)

 Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa
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Joined April 2009
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BELIEVE IN THE HAIL MARY Happy to share the first batch of the Petrova ’26 Timeline Hail Mary posters! Check them out in 4K glory Full-res (~8K) digital ver. are available for free(pay what you want) on my Kofi! Link in thread below⬇️ #projecthailmary #hardsf #toughsf #scifi
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Chance Wen (@wenchance) profile pictureChance Wen@wenchanceMay 22
I’ve moved on to adding decals and other small things to the Hail Mary Things are finally coming together Also did an 8K test render and really liking how things look 👀 Enjoy some sneak peeks! #projecthailmary #hardsf #toughsf #spaceship
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You can post up to 20 images in a Tweet now? Well sheeeeit... Here, have the full spread of #phm Petrova '26 renders showing the Adrian fishing scene & the spinning out ejection scene #projecthailmary #hardsf #scifi #blender3d #b3d
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Apologies for the lack of recent art posts After coming back from Tokyo, I’ve slammed with work… But I have been poking away in #blender3D on the next #phm Petrova Post Script piece Astrophage-enabled interplanetary logistics is on the menu
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Eric (Alt)@uhZcirE15029Nov 10
Haven’t been spaceship posting for a while, have this.
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Me working away on my 3D skills with the outsized dream/hope to do work for aerospace companies (in 🇯🇵 ideally) one day, only see those kinds of companies pump out slop in their PR feeds… Y’all, I think my prospects are chopped
Voyager Technologies (@voyagertech_) profile pictureVoyager Technologies
@voyagertech_Nov 9
The next chapter of lunar exploration will require more than reaching the Moon.​ As @NASA advances its Moon Base plans, Voyager has been selected for the CLPS 2 vendor pool, eligible to compete for task orders supporting the infrastructure and capabilities needed for future lunar missions.​ #VOYG #AcceleratingtheAdvantage #MissionReady
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These are lock in hours And are correlated with zoned out hours when at my day job More “studying” required to establish causation
rae (@endormance) profile picturerae@endormanceNov 9
This is my vent art
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Not tall enough. Add the extended Centaur V and the extended Service Module/kickstage.
Chandler G (@Echo5550) profile pictureChandler G
@Echo5550Nov 10
If this actually happens, it's such a freakishly tall concept 😭
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Ever Given
Evan的逆袭人生 (@Evanz0323) profile pictureEvan的逆袭人生
@Evanz0323Nov 7
虽然很多此一举，但是真的很酷呀！
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Reminded of a student’s speech I heard the other day about climate change They talked about how 🇫🇷 had way less CO2 emissions than 🇯🇵 & went on to basically correlate it w/ 🇫🇷 being more energy efficient/conserving power Meanwhile ignoring where 2/3 of 🇫🇷’s power comes from
Colin (@Colin_d_m) profile pictureColin
@Colin_d_mNov 8
Replying to @fietsprofessor
yes, however this is actually green
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This is why I’ve been a proponent of more open book choice at school for assigned reading If I didn’t have to read The Hobbit for the advanced reading course in 5th Grade, & could’ve picked up something *not fantasy* & more hard SF, I definitely would’ve continued the course
Tiago Nugent, Composer (@TiagoNugent) profile pictureTiago Nugent, Composer
@TiagoNugentNov 8
the world if there was scifi on school reading lists
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I’ve watched the last 5 minutes of this video at least a couple dozen or so times The pay off is just *that* good and incredibly inspiring
Joe Barnard 🚀 (@joebarnard) profile pictureJoe Barnard 🚀@joebarnardNov 4
NEW VIDEO! I worked really hard on this one and I hope you enjoy it! youtu.be/zZ4T26qbpiE?si=G48U…
I Launched My Selfie Camera Payload to 30,000ft

I Launched My Selfie Camera Payload to 30,000ft

Thanks to @PCBWayCom for sponsoring this video! Use Coupon code: PC...

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My hair brained thought + I doubt it’d go this way at all but: SpaceX is “forced” to sell its Dragon & F9 operations or hand it over to NASA Politicos get good optics for coming down hard on Musk companies w/o actually needing to change much
David Willis (@ThePrimalDino) profile pictureDavid Willis
@ThePrimalDinoNov 4
Not to be incredibly out of touch with the rest of the country, but anyone want to weigh in on how tonight's results will affect the space program? What are we thinking?
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No AI, just a nice helping of curiosity, and an unhealthy serving of obsession, with a extra large side of perseverance. And *just* maybe a sprinkling ✨ of possibly undiagnosed ASD on top as garnish. #hardsf #space #scifi #b3d #3dart #blender3d
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Sun-like (Commissions Open) (@__abysmal) profile pictureSun-like (Commissions Open)@__abysmalNov 3
No AI, I made these with the power of autism:
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This would be *the* event of my lifetime... At least until someone get boots on Martian soil
Sun-like (Commissions Open) (@__abysmal) profile pictureSun-like (Commissions Open)@__abysmalOct 31
There is a tiny but comically interesting chance of Artemis IV getting delayed to 2029 and China hitting their current goal, resulting in both nations landing on the Moon just days apart.
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Currently over in Tokyo to hang w/ friends, try out the new iPhone & just get away from work in general Should be back to the space & 3D art posting in the near future Next piece will still be Petrova Postscript related but gonna focus back on Sol
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This is what I wanted to explore with this high-level crossover project By introducing astrophage as the primary antagonist, it let me develop a counter-narrative to the original Avatar series w/ a more hopeful somewhat techno-optimistic (as well as moderately humanist) twist
Rex Nerdorum (@rexnerdorum) profile pictureRex Nerdorum@rexnerdorumOct 28
Replying to @wenchance
I love your series! Interesting that as Eywa dies, the Na'vi start advancing culturally and technologically. This is entirely believable given the movies never outright say that Eywa is blocking progress, but it is heavily implied.
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Stellar Venture's TAT 1 uses its vacuum & atmosphere spin drives to begin its entry over α Cen AbI (Amekhania) This would be the first of several sorties to establish relations w/ the locals (now understood to be the Na'vi) #phm #avatar #hardsf #space #scifi Link to log ⬇️
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Chance Wen (@wenchance) profile pictureChance Wen@wenchanceOct 27
After some time, the crew of the Stellar Venture begin their first surface sortie to α Cen AbI (Amekhania) in the Trans-atmospheric Transport TAT-1 w/ plans ready for first contact The expedition has 2 TATs - designed for crew or cargo ferrying #phm #hardsf #scifi #b3d #space
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The Human and Eridian crew of the Stellar Venture Expedition would come to learn a lot about the Na'vi & their world. Learn what happened to Amekhania (aka Eywa'veng) and a bit of its astrophage-ravaged history in the Chief Officer's Log #phm #avatar ko-fi.com/post/Petrova-26-Po…
Petrova '26 Postscript Stellar Venture: Chief Officer Log - 2Y11M9D

Petrova '26 Postscript Stellar Venture: Chief Officer Log - 2Y11M9D

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After some time, the crew of the Stellar Venture begin their first surface sortie to α Cen AbI (Amekhania) in the Trans-atmospheric Transport TAT-1 w/ plans ready for first contact The expedition has 2 TATs - designed for crew or cargo ferrying #phm #hardsf #scifi #b3d #space
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Chance Wen (@wenchance) profile pictureChance Wen@wenchanceOct 23
Above α Cen AbI, Stellar Venture's Hangar B2 opens. The robotic arm deploys to grapple BOB-8 "Bender" Happy w/ the results, but 1 wk of rendering for 1 min of footage is brutal. BGM made by @immabed (yes he makes tunes too!) Enjoy! #phm #scifi #animation #hardsf #toughsf #b3d
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Cooking… First time doing a craft with aerodynamic characteristics and it’s been quite fun! #phm #hardsf #scifi #blender3d #WIP #b3d
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Chance Wen (@wenchance) profile pictureChance Wen@wenchanceOct 22
Animatic is currently rendering away, but in the meantime, I have an RFI (Request For Inspiration) Thinking of putting together something for landing vehicle that will go down to the surface of α Cen AbI I have a rough idea on what I might do but interested in other input too
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Was never a big fan of Galaxy Express 999 cuz I found the idea of trains in space nonsensical and the concept to be just some fantastical soft sci-fi fodder… But now Blue Origin has gone and done this shit…
Truthful🛰️ (@Truthful_ast) profile pictureTruthful🛰️
@Truthful_astOct 23
Blue Origin has released a new render for the transfer stages used to get Blue Moon Mk2 to the Moon
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