Ian Fichtenbaum
@ianfichten.bsky.social
Aerospace entrepreneur and sometimes space chef. Founder / CEO of SpaceRig 🚛🛰 Co-Founder Zero G Kitchen 🍪🛰🚀 We have a cookie on display in the Smithsonian!
NYC based, Montreal born. 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Ask me about transit systems, space development and muffins
NYC based, Montreal born. 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Ask me about transit systems, space development and muffins
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Florida Space Coast tops 100 launches as Space Force pushes for range upgrades
Col. Brian Chatman: The volume is here to stay. The next step is making sure the infrastructure can keep up
Col. Brian Chatman: The volume is here to stay. The next step is making sure the infrastructure can keep up
Florida Space Coast tops 100 launches as Space Force pushes for range upgrades
Col. Brian Chatman: The volume is here to stay. The next step is making sure the infrastructure can keep up
spacenews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Florida Space Coast tops 100 launches as Space Force pushes for range upgrades
Col. Brian Chatman: The volume is here to stay. The next step is making sure the infrastructure can keep up
Col. Brian Chatman: The volume is here to stay. The next step is making sure the infrastructure can keep up
Thanks @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social for inviting me to talk BBQ 🍗 and cookies 🍪 in space 🛰!
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Ian Fichtenbaum speaking to BBC on space cooking November 7 2025
This is "Ian Fichtenbaum speaking to BBC on space cooking November 7 2025" by Ian Fichtenbaum on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thanks @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social for inviting me to talk BBQ 🍗 and cookies 🍪 in space 🛰!
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Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Nobel Committee has awarded this year's peace prize to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/p
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
www.nobelprize.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Nobel Committee has awarded this year's peace prize to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/p
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Happy First Day of School to everyone in the Northeast headed back today!!
A bit of beauty for your morning from the Van Gogh inspired exhibit at NYBG.
A bit of beauty for your morning from the Van Gogh inspired exhibit at NYBG.
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Happy First Day of School to everyone in the Northeast headed back today!!
A bit of beauty for your morning from the Van Gogh inspired exhibit at NYBG.
A bit of beauty for your morning from the Van Gogh inspired exhibit at NYBG.
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Manhattan sunset views from Queens, 7 train
Queensboro Plaza
New York City
Queensboro Plaza
New York City
August 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Manhattan sunset views from Queens, 7 train
Queensboro Plaza
New York City
Queensboro Plaza
New York City
Jim Lovell passes after 97 years on this Earth 🌎
“… I remembered a saying I often heard: “I hope I go to Heaven when I die.” I suddenly realized that I went to Heaven when I was born! I arrived on a planet with … the essentials for life…”
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“… I remembered a saying I often heard: “I hope I go to Heaven when I die.” I suddenly realized that I went to Heaven when I was born! I arrived on a planet with … the essentials for life…”
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Apollo 8 Astronaut Remembers Looking Down at Earth
Capt. James A Lovell, Apollo 8 astronaut, shares his memories of that historic mission at our Spirit of Apollo, 50th anniversary celebration.
airandspace.si.edu
August 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Jim Lovell passes after 97 years on this Earth 🌎
“… I remembered a saying I often heard: “I hope I go to Heaven when I die.” I suddenly realized that I went to Heaven when I was born! I arrived on a planet with … the essentials for life…”
airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit...
“… I remembered a saying I often heard: “I hope I go to Heaven when I die.” I suddenly realized that I went to Heaven when I was born! I arrived on a planet with … the essentials for life…”
airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit...
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I salute Tom Lehrer, whose songs and sarcasm were an important part of my youth.
July 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I salute Tom Lehrer, whose songs and sarcasm were an important part of my youth.
Sorry - I already proclaimed myself acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. Nah na na naah ⚖️
Alina Habba today proclaimed herself the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, days after federal judges replaced her from the position, in a move backed by AG Pam Bondi.
Alina Habba to remain N.J. prosecutor: "I don't cower to pressure"
The move potentially sets up another fight with the courts.
www.axios.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Sorry - I already proclaimed myself acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. Nah na na naah ⚖️
In 1731, a coastal incident involving a sailor’s severed ear was the instigator of a 10 year long war between Great Britain and Spain
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
In 1731, a coastal incident involving a sailor’s severed ear was the instigator of a 10 year long war between Great Britain and Spain
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56 years ago today: The Eagle Has Landed 🤩
July 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
56 years ago today: The Eagle Has Landed 🤩
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Part I: Origin of the Apollo-Soyuz project: www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz19-apol...
July 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Part I: Origin of the Apollo-Soyuz project: www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz19-apol...
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50 years ago today, Soviet and US spacecraft made a historic docking in space. For the anniversary, we start a series of articles incorporating little-known info from recently declassified Soviet documents, including details on extraordinary security measures in the project: www.russianspaceweb.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
50 years ago today, Soviet and US spacecraft made a historic docking in space. For the anniversary, we start a series of articles incorporating little-known info from recently declassified Soviet documents, including details on extraordinary security measures in the project: www.russianspaceweb.com
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I have made the peach-blueberry tart I invented last fall. Please clap.
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I have made the peach-blueberry tart I invented last fall. Please clap.
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The guy who is so bad at math he doesn’t understand subway crime statistics is now going to have to figure out rocket propulsion.
July 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The guy who is so bad at math he doesn’t understand subway crime statistics is now going to have to figure out rocket propulsion.
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it is very funny to me to write a post that is like, "Nevada law shields me from paying for any crimes my business does and that's why I love it there."
if this works, will the problem be that investors can't read or that they like being pwned by daddy
![Screenshot of a tweet by a16z announcing they’re moving their incorporation from Delaware to Nevada.
a16z ✔️ @a16z · 4h
[Tweet text]
We are moving the state of our incorporation from Delaware to Nevada.
It used to be a no-brainer to start a company and incorporate in Delaware. That’s no longer the case.
We're not the first – Dropbox, Tripadvisor and Tesla have already left.
Why we're moving (and why you should consider too):
Business Judgment Rule: Delaware’s rule is based on judicial decisions and can change. Nevada codifies it in statute, making it more predictable and less subject to court reinterpretation.
Liability: Nevada protects directors and officers from personal liability unless a plaintiff can prove intentional misconduct, fraud, or knowing legal violations.
Books + Records: In Nevada, only shareholders with 15% or more ownership can inspect records, reducing legal fishing expeditions.
Courts: Delaware’s court advantage is fading. Nevada is modernizing with judge appointments and jury trial waivers to handle complex business disputes.
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A roadside sign against a bright blue sky that reads in stylized white-bordered letters:
Welcome to NEVADA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:62jwiyf2aowrzetdbvgmhncr/bafkreidzn52z64f7ffii6zsbliaikrqhbfffwgkuvxldtphdx3u4n2puti@jpeg)
July 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
it is very funny to me to write a post that is like, "Nevada law shields me from paying for any crimes my business does and that's why I love it there."
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The man too afraid to ride the 6 train is gonna take you to space.
July 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The man too afraid to ride the 6 train is gonna take you to space.
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The president of the United States is threatening arrest and deportation of an American citizen who just won the Democratic nomination for mayor of NYC.
This is not normal. This is not acceptable. These are the words of an unhinged would-be dictator. I condemn this unequivocally.
This is not normal. This is not acceptable. These are the words of an unhinged would-be dictator. I condemn this unequivocally.
Trump threatened New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani with arrest and promised the federal government would look into the state lawmaker’s citizenship.
Read more:
Read more:
Trump questions Mamdani's citizenship, demands investigations into CNN, Mayorkas
During his visit to a new migrant detention camp in Florida on Tuesday, Trump promised the federal government would look into Mamdani's citizenship
specne.ws
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The president of the United States is threatening arrest and deportation of an American citizen who just won the Democratic nomination for mayor of NYC.
This is not normal. This is not acceptable. These are the words of an unhinged would-be dictator. I condemn this unequivocally.
This is not normal. This is not acceptable. These are the words of an unhinged would-be dictator. I condemn this unequivocally.
Thank you President Zelenskyy. Happy Canada Day! 🍁 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦
July 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thank you President Zelenskyy. Happy Canada Day! 🍁 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦
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ICE raids are leaving fields full of rotting food in California.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
www.reuters.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICE raids are leaving fields full of rotting food in California.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
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My wife became a citizen in 2006. I’ve repeatedly said that attending her (and 100+ others) naturalization ceremony on a random fall day in Syracuse is the most I’ve loved America. It’s America at its best; the very embodiment of our values. This is a clear threat to us all.
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
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Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My wife became a citizen in 2006. I’ve repeatedly said that attending her (and 100+ others) naturalization ceremony on a random fall day in Syracuse is the most I’ve loved America. It’s America at its best; the very embodiment of our values. This is a clear threat to us all.
Don’t miss it! 🚀☄️
June 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Don’t miss it! 🚀☄️