Planetary Noiz
@planetarynoiz.bsky.social
Definitely Not A Space Alien
Back2Venus || V3NUS: DAVINCI, VERITAS, EnVision || VfOx
Nerddoms: SciFi/Fantasy; D&D, Tabletop games, West Coast Swing
Back2Venus || V3NUS: DAVINCI, VERITAS, EnVision || VfOx
Nerddoms: SciFi/Fantasy; D&D, Tabletop games, West Coast Swing
I had one too, back in the (on that) day. Mine was only a haiku.
April 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I had one too, back in the (on that) day. Mine was only a haiku.
Diane Duane never disappoints
April 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Diane Duane never disappoints
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(That's sooooo not hard)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(That's sooooo not hard)
April 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(That's sooooo not hard)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(That's sooooo not hard)
Added Asteroids and Comets to my sticker order for #LPSC2025
Also Space is for Everyone, Venus is Just Alright, and a few more - including some vintage stickers from year(s) past.
This doesn't even count the new batch from OVEN.
I (and some designated sticker elves) will have 100s of stickers
Also Space is for Everyone, Venus is Just Alright, and a few more - including some vintage stickers from year(s) past.
This doesn't even count the new batch from OVEN.
I (and some designated sticker elves) will have 100s of stickers
February 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Added Asteroids and Comets to my sticker order for #LPSC2025
Also Space is for Everyone, Venus is Just Alright, and a few more - including some vintage stickers from year(s) past.
This doesn't even count the new batch from OVEN.
I (and some designated sticker elves) will have 100s of stickers
Also Space is for Everyone, Venus is Just Alright, and a few more - including some vintage stickers from year(s) past.
This doesn't even count the new batch from OVEN.
I (and some designated sticker elves) will have 100s of stickers
It keeps on feeling like the wheels are coming off, so I look for something grounding. I've made a new shirt design for LPSC every year since just before covid. Here is this year's. I think it makes #6.
February 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It keeps on feeling like the wheels are coming off, so I look for something grounding. I've made a new shirt design for LPSC every year since just before covid. Here is this year's. I think it makes #6.
Here is my first roster of #PridePlanet #LPSC2025 stickers. V3NUS is locked in - a reprise from last year, but I'm happy to crowdsource alt fonts - and additional bodies/planetary themes if people are interested. Reply or DM.
I do it out of pocket so support for a bigger run is always appreciated.
I do it out of pocket so support for a bigger run is always appreciated.
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Here is my first roster of #PridePlanet #LPSC2025 stickers. V3NUS is locked in - a reprise from last year, but I'm happy to crowdsource alt fonts - and additional bodies/planetary themes if people are interested. Reply or DM.
I do it out of pocket so support for a bigger run is always appreciated.
I do it out of pocket so support for a bigger run is always appreciated.
I wrote this for NaPoWriMo in 2014, and it came back to mind unbidden in the events of the last week and day.
Especially now:
Never lose your sense of wonder.
Never let anyone take the passion to *know* away from you.
Never let anyone stop you from asking.
Jump.
Especially now:
Never lose your sense of wonder.
Never let anyone take the passion to *know* away from you.
Never let anyone stop you from asking.
Jump.
February 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I wrote this for NaPoWriMo in 2014, and it came back to mind unbidden in the events of the last week and day.
Especially now:
Never lose your sense of wonder.
Never let anyone take the passion to *know* away from you.
Never let anyone stop you from asking.
Jump.
Especially now:
Never lose your sense of wonder.
Never let anyone take the passion to *know* away from you.
Never let anyone stop you from asking.
Jump.
A toast to my fellow frozen science siblings. May we live to see the other side.
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A toast to my fellow frozen science siblings. May we live to see the other side.
A new semester for the Vfox Student Collaboration Experiment for the DAVINCI mission begins next week. It'll be the 3rd semester of the course, with a new cohort of students learning the ins and outs of building a (very simple) instrument to study the Venus atmosphere, and helping to make it real.
January 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A new semester for the Vfox Student Collaboration Experiment for the DAVINCI mission begins next week. It'll be the 3rd semester of the course, with a new cohort of students learning the ins and outs of building a (very simple) instrument to study the Venus atmosphere, and helping to make it real.
For the starship combat nerds in my sphere: My friend and colleague Mark 'Indy' Kochte and I have been off and on working on a tabletop, miniature-based (think little starships) space combat game for well over a decade. We finally got our asses in gear this fall.
December 25, 2024 at 8:30 PM
For the starship combat nerds in my sphere: My friend and colleague Mark 'Indy' Kochte and I have been off and on working on a tabletop, miniature-based (think little starships) space combat game for well over a decade. We finally got our asses in gear this fall.
#V3NUS stands for the 3 NASA & ESA missions heading to the second planet in the next decade:
#DAVINCI- a deep atmosphere probe (and more) (NASA)
#VERITAS- a next generation radar satellite (and more) (NASA)
#EnVision- ESA's Venus mission, a radar satellite with ground penetrating radar (and more).
#DAVINCI- a deep atmosphere probe (and more) (NASA)
#VERITAS- a next generation radar satellite (and more) (NASA)
#EnVision- ESA's Venus mission, a radar satellite with ground penetrating radar (and more).
December 5, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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How many orders of magnitude easier it would be to seriously colonize Antarctica than Mars? I believe it's 3. Maybe closer to 2 to safeguard against environmental repercussions. But I think 3 is about right. Perhaps that relative ease helps make it politically, internationally impossible.
December 3, 2024 at 1:28 AM
How many orders of magnitude easier it would be to seriously colonize Antarctica than Mars? I believe it's 3. Maybe closer to 2 to safeguard against environmental repercussions. But I think 3 is about right. Perhaps that relative ease helps make it politically, internationally impossible.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:49 PM
If I'm going to make any record here, I should preface it with the most important stuff I've posted on media before now. Since the old xite is dead to me, here are the #MurderPlanets. I've only gotten through 5, but someday I intend to complete the set.
First: Mercury
First: Mercury
November 26, 2024 at 12:21 AM
If I'm going to make any record here, I should preface it with the most important stuff I've posted on media before now. Since the old xite is dead to me, here are the #MurderPlanets. I've only gotten through 5, but someday I intend to complete the set.
First: Mercury
First: Mercury