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The Space Review: Planning for space rescue
www.thespacereview.com
Excellent article, "Planning for space rescue," by Jeff Foust in The Space Review. Now is the time to start developing capabilities and procedures necessary to perform space rescues in earth orbit and beyond. www.thespacereview.com/article/4914/1
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All 15 of the Ku-band satellites (blue) in Starlink Group 7-9 are having their orbits lowered from 550 km to somewhere below 500 km. This is part of a larger reconfiguration of the Starlink fleet.
June 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
All 15 of the Ku-band satellites (blue) in Starlink Group 7-9 are having their orbits lowered from 550 km to somewhere below 500 km. This is part of a larger reconfiguration of the Starlink fleet.
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LAUNCH at 0336 UTC Jun 17 of Starlink Group 15-9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base to 70 deg orbit.
June 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
LAUNCH at 0336 UTC Jun 17 of Starlink Group 15-9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base to 70 deg orbit.
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Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...
SpaceX Loses Control of Starship, Adding to Spacecraft’s Mixed Record
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...
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MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
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“vietnam has been very unfair to america and owes us compensation” is a wild take
April 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“vietnam has been very unfair to america and owes us compensation” is a wild take
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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JUST IN: U.S. stock markets bounce back after Trump tariffs shock — but nerves abound
U.S. stock markets bounce back after Trump tariffs shock -- but nerves abound
After major slides in equity trading across the world, any slight uptick in stock prices will only repair part of the destruction of trillions of dollars in investor wealth over the past few days.
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
JUST IN: U.S. stock markets bounce back after Trump tariffs shock — but nerves abound
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The U.S. must follow due process. If this administration is going to deport people, make sure they're actually criminals.
The stakes are too high to make mistakes.
Abrego Garcia should be returned immediately.
The stakes are too high to make mistakes.
Abrego Garcia should be returned immediately.
April 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The U.S. must follow due process. If this administration is going to deport people, make sure they're actually criminals.
The stakes are too high to make mistakes.
Abrego Garcia should be returned immediately.
The stakes are too high to make mistakes.
Abrego Garcia should be returned immediately.
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Last night in my newsletter, I wrote about an important court case you probably haven't heard about. An Alabama group, the Yellowhammer Fund, helps women go to states where abortion is legal to obtain one. They sued the state's AG for threatening to prosecute joycevance.substack.com/p/a-case-to-...
April 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Last night in my newsletter, I wrote about an important court case you probably haven't heard about. An Alabama group, the Yellowhammer Fund, helps women go to states where abortion is legal to obtain one. They sued the state's AG for threatening to prosecute joycevance.substack.com/p/a-case-to-...
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Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
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A bit of good news in science...GOES-19 moved to operational status earlier today as the new GOES East (GOES = Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)! See the article below. 🧪
NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite now operational, providing critical new data to forecasters
Satellite covering GOES-East orbit
www.noaa.gov
April 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A bit of good news in science...GOES-19 moved to operational status earlier today as the new GOES East (GOES = Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)! See the article below. 🧪
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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The guy who inexplicably thinks “groceries” is a word from Middle English is likely not going to be the one who solves the crisis in grocery prices
April 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The guy who inexplicably thinks “groceries” is a word from Middle English is likely not going to be the one who solves the crisis in grocery prices
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Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bondi on Boasberg: "Those inmates, those violent gang members, those violent alien enemies will remain in El Salvador. He cannot get them back, so his jurisdiction is over ... going forward, these terrorists better look out."
April 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Letterman for Pres!
April 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Letterman for Pres!
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Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
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LAUNCH at 0547 UTC Apr 8 of Soyuz MS-27 with astronauts Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy and Kim
April 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
LAUNCH at 0547 UTC Apr 8 of Soyuz MS-27 with astronauts Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy and Kim
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Soyuz MS-27/73S: Contact and capture! At 4:57am EDT (0857 UTC)
April 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Soyuz MS-27/73S: Contact and capture! At 4:57am EDT (0857 UTC)
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According to @joroulette.bsky.social for @reuters.com: Trump's NASA nominee, Jared Isaacman, during discussions with US lawmakers, has said returning astronauts to the moon would remain the agency's main strategy, quelling concerns about a refocus on Mars, per three sources familiar with the talks.
April 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
According to @joroulette.bsky.social for @reuters.com: Trump's NASA nominee, Jared Isaacman, during discussions with US lawmakers, has said returning astronauts to the moon would remain the agency's main strategy, quelling concerns about a refocus on Mars, per three sources familiar with the talks.
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Soyuz MS-27/73S: The Syuz hatch was opened at 7:28am EDT (1128 UTC); a broadly smiling Zubritsky, making his 1st flight, floated into the station first followed by Kim and finally Ryzhikov; the entire 10-member ISS crew will hold a brief welcome-aboard ceremony momentarily
April 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Soyuz MS-27/73S: The Syuz hatch was opened at 7:28am EDT (1128 UTC); a broadly smiling Zubritsky, making his 1st flight, floated into the station first followed by Kim and finally Ryzhikov; the entire 10-member ISS crew will hold a brief welcome-aboard ceremony momentarily
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And it only gets worse from here.
The nations of the world are preparing their counterattacks, with China already announcing a 34% tariff on U.S. goods.
The nations of the world are preparing their counterattacks, with China already announcing a 34% tariff on U.S. goods.
#TrumpCrash hit a historic mark.
It is only the fourth time in history that the DOW has lost 2,000 points in a single day - and that follows a huge drop yesterday, too.
The DOW is down nearly 4,000 since the #TrumpTariffs were announced on Weds night. #Trumponomics
It is only the fourth time in history that the DOW has lost 2,000 points in a single day - and that follows a huge drop yesterday, too.
The DOW is down nearly 4,000 since the #TrumpTariffs were announced on Weds night. #Trumponomics
April 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
And it only gets worse from here.
The nations of the world are preparing their counterattacks, with China already announcing a 34% tariff on U.S. goods.
The nations of the world are preparing their counterattacks, with China already announcing a 34% tariff on U.S. goods.
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BREAKING: Fort Bend County Judge KP George was booked into jail and charged with two counts of money laundering Friday, according to county jail records. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Fort Bend County Judge KP George accused of laundering over $30,000 Friday
Fort Bend County Judge KP George, charged last year in a case tied to former colleague Taral Patel, was arrested Friday, jail records show.
www.houstonchronicle.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
BREAKING: Fort Bend County Judge KP George was booked into jail and charged with two counts of money laundering Friday, according to county jail records. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.
Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported
A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-st...
www.npr.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.
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On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his haunting “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis. He spoke of justice, unity, and facing death. The next day, he was assassinated. It wasn’t just a speech, it was a prophecy.
#StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery
#StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery
April 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his haunting “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis. He spoke of justice, unity, and facing death. The next day, he was assassinated. It wasn’t just a speech, it was a prophecy.
#StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery
#StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery