Writing about space policy and politics, from the Space Coast of Florida. Now retired after ten years doing public education at Kennedy Space Center. You can also find me on Counter.Social at the same handle, and on Substack at TheSpacePundit.com. .. more
Writing about space policy and politics, from the Space Coast of Florida. Now retired after ten years doing public education at Kennedy Space Center. You can also find me on Counter.Social at the same handle, and on Substack at TheSpacePundit.com.
Reposted by Stephen P. Smith, Michael D. McDonald, David Darmofal
From #LATimes: An #ICE agent pulled a gun on a female civilian in a car trailing him. A passing Fullerton police officer intervened to stop the ICE agent from threatening the woman.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Now it's on to the House.
The promised vote in December will never happen. These senators are such rubes.
The Zoltar reference is a close second.
Reposted by Mark D. White, Stephen P. Smith
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The #BlueOrigin webcast just went into a hold so that means they're scrubbed for the day. No official announcement though.
#BlueOrigin has resumed the #NewGlenn countdown, targeting the end of the launch window at 4:13 PM EST. Any delay scrubs the launch for the day.
The webcast says they're working an issue with ground equipment, but the weather has cleared.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Wp...
#BlueOrigin is running out of time to launch #NewGlenn today. The launch window closes at 4:13 PM EST. With a 20-minute hold, that means they have to resume the countdown by 3:53 PM EST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Wp...
The #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn countdown went into a hold at T-20 minutes due to weather. No word on a new target launch time.
Watch live at the link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Wp...
The #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn webcast countdown shows it's been pushed back to about 3:18 PM EST.
Watch live at the link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Wp...
The #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn webcast has begun.
Still targeting 2:45 PM EST for launch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Wp...
#BlueOrigin has now released their YouTube livestream link for today's #NewGlenn launch attempt. The livestream should start at 2 PM EST unless there's a delay.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Wp...
Propellant loading is underway for the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn second test flight. The payload is two #NASA satellites to orbit Mars, a program called ESCAPADE.
Their webcast will begin at 2:00 PM EST on Blue's website at the link.
www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
#BlueOrigin is targeting 2:45 PM EST for its second #NewGlenn test flight from #CCSFS. The payload is NASA's ESCAPADE mission, twin satellites that will study the #Mars magnetosphere to determine what happened to the planet's atmosphere.
science.nasa.gov/mission/esca...
I've posted my latest #Substack article in "The Written Trek" series about the writing behind each episode of the original Star Trek series.
Episode 13 is "The Conscience of the King." #Shakespeare in space! Read for free at the link.
www.thewrittentrek.com/p/the-consci...
Starting Monday November 10, the #FAA will restrict commercial space launches and landings to 10 PM - 6 AM local time. The initial impact most likely will on #SpaceX #Starlink launches.
I'm not going to be as bad as Trump and MAGA by circulating falsehoods.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRdw...
In the latest episode, the Borden imposter was actually working for Russia, which was trying to break up cordial Canada-US relations. So again, another Trump metaphor.
From #WaPo: DC jury finds Sean Dunn not guilty of assault charges for throwing a sandwich at a border patrol agent.
wapo.st/4nL899o
(Spoiler ... it was an imposter ...)
From #WaPo: US layoff numbers in 2025 have reached recession levels.
wapo.st/43LHXnU
Reposted by Stephen P. Smith
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
From #LATimes: No surprise, #California voting isn't even over today but Trump is already claiming the election is rigged and a big scam.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...