Chase Million
@millionconcepts.com
CEO of Million Concepts. We empower teams to make better data-driven decisions under pressure. The mission won't wait for you.
Astronomer and planetary scientist. Software engineer. Project manager. Magician. Writer at sol-orietur.ghost.io
Astronomer and planetary scientist. Software engineer. Project manager. Magician. Writer at sol-orietur.ghost.io
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Chase Million
@millionconcepts.com
· Nov 10
Last week, one of the worst plane crashes in American history occurred a few miles from my home. People died. Debris and ash fell in my neighborhood. It felt like just one more disaster in a blur of disasters. I needed to write down what I experienced so that I don't forget. Might as well share. 🧵
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I went through all of my old Medium posts today & removed the paywall so they're free to read for anyone now! From nerding out over Mars to discussing the pyramid scheme of academia to what it's like being a queer+disabled scientist, check out the archives here:
tanyaofmars.medium.com
tanyaofmars.medium.com
Dr. Tanya Harrison – Medium
Read writing from Dr. Tanya Harrison on Medium. Professional Martian who's worked on rocks and robots on the Red Planet, now thinking about curiosity closer to home.
tanyaofmars.medium.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I went through all of my old Medium posts today & removed the paywall so they're free to read for anyone now! From nerding out over Mars to discussing the pyramid scheme of academia to what it's like being a queer+disabled scientist, check out the archives here:
tanyaofmars.medium.com
tanyaofmars.medium.com
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If you are organizing a #PlanetaryScience meeting, there is no reason to pay for a service to manage abstract submissions, registrations, and program management. We are offering the use of our Indico server to the planetary science community for free.
solarsystem.events
solarsystem.events
December 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If you are organizing a #PlanetaryScience meeting, there is no reason to pay for a service to manage abstract submissions, registrations, and program management. We are offering the use of our Indico server to the planetary science community for free.
solarsystem.events
solarsystem.events
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The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
December 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
This drives me crazy. Launch costs have not come way down!
(Even if they did, it wouldn't matter much for the total cost of non-constellation missions. But they have not.)
(Even if they did, it wouldn't matter much for the total cost of non-constellation missions. But they have not.)
December 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This drives me crazy. Launch costs have not come way down!
(Even if they did, it wouldn't matter much for the total cost of non-constellation missions. But they have not.)
(Even if they did, it wouldn't matter much for the total cost of non-constellation missions. But they have not.)
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in 2023, Musk sent out frantic internal emails that SpaceX would go bankrupt if Starship wasn't deployed soon. Musk loves fake urgency but there's truth there too. Starlink unit economics only ever made sense by plugging in (fake + insane) assumptions re: Starship. The cash bonfire will be hilarious
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
in 2023, Musk sent out frantic internal emails that SpaceX would go bankrupt if Starship wasn't deployed soon. Musk loves fake urgency but there's truth there too. Starlink unit economics only ever made sense by plugging in (fake + insane) assumptions re: Starship. The cash bonfire will be hilarious
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The reason that SpaceX is going public and announcing nonsense about data centers in space:
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The reason that SpaceX is going public and announcing nonsense about data centers in space:
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
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sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
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Just a reminder that Christian Tate's 3D models of Jezero Crater landscapes recreated with images captured by Mastcam-Z on Perseverance Rover exists on sketchfab
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just a reminder that Christian Tate's 3D models of Jezero Crater landscapes recreated with images captured by Mastcam-Z on Perseverance Rover exists on sketchfab
I wanted to be a particle physicist when I started undergrad because I'd gone on a field trip to Fermilab in high school and it looked like science looks in movies.
What does a modern particle experiment look like? Here are some pictures of one under construction: Mu2e at Fermilab. This year, I became a theory member of this experiment. I would like to thank Mu2e co-spokesperson, Robert Bernstein, for showing us the experiment and providing great explanations.🧪
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I wanted to be a particle physicist when I started undergrad because I'd gone on a field trip to Fermilab in high school and it looked like science looks in movies.
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Official data is in today, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 21% compared to last year!
December 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Official data is in today, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 21% compared to last year!
Happy Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day!
Maybe stop doing something!
Maybe stop doing something!
Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day
Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day
volunteeramnestyday.net
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Happy Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day!
Maybe stop doing something!
Maybe stop doing something!
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I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
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McFarland - Reviews show that safety, schedule, and engineering deteriorate when the commercial is left to its own devices without oversight. NASA should use an agency-wide realignment of technical oversight; the effort needs to look at management structures to evaluate its own risks as well.
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
McFarland - Reviews show that safety, schedule, and engineering deteriorate when the commercial is left to its own devices without oversight. NASA should use an agency-wide realignment of technical oversight; the effort needs to look at management structures to evaluate its own risks as well.
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The Planetary Society held nothing back in our efforts to Save NASA Science this year. The results are extraordinary, and we will not slow down next year.
Read more in our 2025 Impact Report: planetary.org/about/our-im...
Read more in our 2025 Impact Report: planetary.org/about/our-im...
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Planetary Society held nothing back in our efforts to Save NASA Science this year. The results are extraordinary, and we will not slow down next year.
Read more in our 2025 Impact Report: planetary.org/about/our-im...
Read more in our 2025 Impact Report: planetary.org/about/our-im...
Solar has already won. Not everybody has gotten the memo yet.
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Solar has already won. Not everybody has gotten the memo yet.
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The real breakthrough of the year -- something that matters far, far more than generative AI ever will.
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The real breakthrough of the year -- something that matters far, far more than generative AI ever will.
If we are "skeptical" of the idea, it is the same way in which we are "skeptical" that Gandalf exists and does real magic.
Space-based AI data centers are Big Tech’s latest fad and Silicon Valley’s newest investable venture.
Yet, scientists who study space remain skeptical of the idea.
Read more from @elissawelle.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Yet, scientists who study space remain skeptical of the idea.
Read more from @elissawelle.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If we are "skeptical" of the idea, it is the same way in which we are "skeptical" that Gandalf exists and does real magic.
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Commercial fusion ain't happening anytime soon, if ever. I wrote about that back in May for Fortune. If anything, I think I may have *understated* how hard it is.
Nuclear fusion has big backers in Sam Altman and Bill Gates, but it's still decades away | Fortune
With big investments have come high—and maybe unrealistic—expectations.
fortune.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Commercial fusion ain't happening anytime soon, if ever. I wrote about that back in May for Fortune. If anything, I think I may have *understated* how hard it is.
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nobody ever officially found out how Tesla miraculously turned around Model S sales in the last month of Q1 2013, and now they don't even have to try to hide it... that's progress, baby!
electrek.co/2025/12/18/e...
electrek.co/2025/12/18/e...
Elon Musk's SpaceX bought tens of millions worth of Cybertrucks Tesla can't sell
As demand for the Cybertruck can’t reach more than about 10% of Tesla’s planned production capacity, Elon Musk used his...
electrek.co
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
nobody ever officially found out how Tesla miraculously turned around Model S sales in the last month of Q1 2013, and now they don't even have to try to hide it... that's progress, baby!
electrek.co/2025/12/18/e...
electrek.co/2025/12/18/e...
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
We're putting together a Planetary Science Community Meeting at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville, KY on April 14–16 2026.
This is a grass-roots meeting for planetary scientists to gather, discuss, and organize to address pressing issues our community faces.
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We're putting together a Planetary Science Community Meeting at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville, KY on April 14–16 2026.
This is a grass-roots meeting for planetary scientists to gather, discuss, and organize to address pressing issues our community faces.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
We're putting together a Planetary Science Community Meeting at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville, KY on April 14–16 2026.
This is a grass-roots meeting for planetary scientists to gather, discuss, and organize to address pressing issues our community faces.
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We're putting together a Planetary Science Community Meeting at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville, KY on April 14–16 2026.
This is a grass-roots meeting for planetary scientists to gather, discuss, and organize to address pressing issues our community faces.
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Absolute best parody of the parody.
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Absolute best parody of the parody.
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And this is some murderer’s knife with a halfpulled scabbard.
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And this is some murderer’s knife with a halfpulled scabbard.
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My most optimistic and polite take on the Project Athena document is that there is a whole lot that Isaacman doesn't understand about what NASA does, how, or why. But we have had new administrators like that before. I know that the NASA community will be eager to teach him if he is willing to learn.
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My most optimistic and polite take on the Project Athena document is that there is a whole lot that Isaacman doesn't understand about what NASA does, how, or why. But we have had new administrators like that before. I know that the NASA community will be eager to teach him if he is willing to learn.
Sets a very high bar for "rushing to finish the project before Christmas break."
On this day, December 17, 1903:
📸Smithsonian Institution, National Air & Space Museum
📸Smithsonian Institution, National Air & Space Museum
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sets a very high bar for "rushing to finish the project before Christmas break."