James Moore
@quarkspin.bsky.social
Believer, IT dude, musician, (amateur) astronomer, Bama grad, JPL/NASA SSA, Packers fan, Space Hipster. #NASASocial and #SCTweetup participant. Opinions are mine. #spacetweep
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After last week's asteroid buzzed over Antarctica, the North Pole gets its turn. Newly-discovered #asteroid 2025 TQ2 (2-4 meters wide) passed 3,000 miles above the Fortress of Solitude. #Astronomy
October 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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GET UP!! IT'S GAMEDAY!! #RollTide #BeatMizzou
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
GET UP!! IT'S GAMEDAY!! #RollTide #BeatMizzou
Woohoo!
JUNO at Jupiter is still alive!! 📡〰️🛰️Just received it's X-Band transmitter (carrier only) at 781 Million kilometer distance with the Bochum 20m antenna.
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Woohoo!
You can't make this stuff up:
Key points:
- all radio stations and most of their DJs are part of the intelligence community
- his shamanic beliefs made him a perfect candidate to work covertly with NASA
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
- all radio stations and most of their DJs are part of the intelligence community
- his shamanic beliefs made him a perfect candidate to work covertly with NASA
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
QAnon Shaman says he’s rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion
In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You can't make this stuff up:
Some cool "out of the box" thinking!
#IgNoble prize winner:
Painting cows with zebra-like striping reduces biting fly attacks.
💡Painting black-and-white stripes can increase cattle welfare without the use of pesticides, proposing a solution for the problem of pesticide resistance in the environment.
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doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Painting cows with zebra-like striping reduces biting fly attacks.
💡Painting black-and-white stripes can increase cattle welfare without the use of pesticides, proposing a solution for the problem of pesticide resistance in the environment.
🧪🌍🪰🦓🐮
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some cool "out of the box" thinking!
No surprise here: spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-sa...
NASA Safety Panel Estimates Significant Delays for Starship HLS
Posted: September 21, 2025 11:52 pm ET | Last Updated: September 22, 2025 12:20 am ET | NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is warning that SpaceX's Human Landing System for the Artemis III mission...
spacepolicyonline.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
No surprise here: spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-sa...
Reposted by James Moore
Yikes.
Replans to accommodate NASA funding constraints ironically increased the cost of the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan by nearly $1 billion and delayed launch by more than two years, according to the space agency's internal watchdog. Full OIG report here: go.nasa.gov/3JSiEtm
September 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Yikes.
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.
Well -- this is going to be interesting. Just sayin'...
Senators Insist Artemis Must Get America Back to the Moon Before China spacepolicyonline.com/news/senator...
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Well -- this is going to be interesting. Just sayin'...
August 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
All set for #collegecolorsday today. How about you? #RollTide
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
All set for #collegecolorsday today. How about you? #RollTide
Received some new hardware from the Ortho doc yesterday! Making progress...
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Received some new hardware from the Ortho doc yesterday! Making progress...
Well -- this was not on my BINGO card last weekend:
August 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Well -- this was not on my BINGO card last weekend:
You can't make this stuff up, Bubba: www.facebook.com/100064783113...
WBRC 6 News
Shrimp sold at Alabama Walmart locations may be radioactive
www.facebook.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
You can't make this stuff up, Bubba: www.facebook.com/100064783113...
6 months with this little one. Where is the time going?
August 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
6 months with this little one. Where is the time going?
Reposted by James Moore
FACT THREAD on New Interstellar Object #A11pl3Z
This story unfolded pretty fast yesterday for a few reasons. The object was discovered on July 1st UTC by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS team. A #NASA funded survey at the University of Hawaii. atlas.fallingstar.com 🔭🧪
This story unfolded pretty fast yesterday for a few reasons. The object was discovered on July 1st UTC by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS team. A #NASA funded survey at the University of Hawaii. atlas.fallingstar.com 🔭🧪
July 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
FACT THREAD on New Interstellar Object #A11pl3Z
This story unfolded pretty fast yesterday for a few reasons. The object was discovered on July 1st UTC by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS team. A #NASA funded survey at the University of Hawaii. atlas.fallingstar.com 🔭🧪
This story unfolded pretty fast yesterday for a few reasons. The object was discovered on July 1st UTC by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS team. A #NASA funded survey at the University of Hawaii. atlas.fallingstar.com 🔭🧪
Reposted by James Moore
Why do the characters in JAWS not simply defeat the shark in the marketplace of ideas?
June 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Why do the characters in JAWS not simply defeat the shark in the marketplace of ideas?
I cannot wait until Monday! (6/23/2025) Will definitely be attending one of the "first images" events. 😎👍
The revolutionary Vera Rubin Observatory is just 5 days away from "first light." Recently in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social I wrote about the groundbreaking #science that we can expect from Rubin (which includes the world's largest digital camera!):
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #astronomy
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #astronomy
This Revolutionary New Observatory Will Locate Threatening Asteroids and Millions of Galaxies
Beginning next year, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will use the world’s largest digital camera to give us a whole new view of the universe
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I cannot wait until Monday! (6/23/2025) Will definitely be attending one of the "first images" events. 😎👍
I haven't posted a picture of H lately. Needless to say, this is my favorite outfit of hers: 🥰
June 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I haven't posted a picture of H lately. Needless to say, this is my favorite outfit of hers: 🥰
Yikes.
Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
May 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yikes.