Spaceman Sam
@retro-futurist.bsky.social
Space futurist and author. Learn more at: https://retro-futurist.com.
Hey folks! This new post may be a bit controversial. It is about the challenges of starting and running a space business.
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Retro-Futurist Newsletter #10: Space is Hard. Space Business is Harder
Starting a Space business is quite a bit more complicated than any other type of business venture.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hey folks! This new post may be a bit controversial. It is about the challenges of starting and running a space business.
open.substack.com/pub/spaceman...
open.substack.com/pub/spaceman...
Hey folks! If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area on April 4, I will be participating at an event at the Chabot Space & Science Center. It is an after hours event, and it looks like it’s gonna be fun for the whole family.
chabotspace.org/calendar/fir...
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First Friday: ART X SCIENCE - Chabot Space & Science Center | East Bay Area - Oakland CA
Discover the incredible fusion of creativity and discovery at First Friday: ART X SCIENCE at Chabot Space & Science Center!
chabotspace.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hey folks! If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area on April 4, I will be participating at an event at the Chabot Space & Science Center. It is an after hours event, and it looks like it’s gonna be fun for the whole family.
chabotspace.org/calendar/fir...
chabotspace.org/calendar/fir...
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Wow! Not only is the remote house in the mountains pretty cool, but the guy uses a flying car!
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Special Operations vet commutes by Flying Car from rural off-grid home
YouTube video by Kirsten Dirksen
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February 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wow! Not only is the remote house in the mountains pretty cool, but the guy uses a flying car!
youtu.be/HmbNZ8ZAcwU?...
youtu.be/HmbNZ8ZAcwU?...
This top-secret military spacecraft has been conducting experiments in Earth orbit since 2010. It has returned to the Earth several times. The missions are top-secret and only recently have we learned bit more about what the Air Force is doing with it.
taskandpurpose.com/news/space-f...
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US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane
The military keeps in-flight details on the X-37B relatively quiet. A new photo gives the first look at what the view is from space.
taskandpurpose.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This top-secret military spacecraft has been conducting experiments in Earth orbit since 2010. It has returned to the Earth several times. The missions are top-secret and only recently have we learned bit more about what the Air Force is doing with it.
taskandpurpose.com/news/space-f...
taskandpurpose.com/news/space-f...
Game of Shrooms!
It’s an annual event where people create a work of art using mushrooms as the theme. Then you hide them in some secret place and use Instagram to give people clues and hint how to find them. It’s seems to be a global phenomenon.
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It’s an annual event where people create a work of art using mushrooms as the theme. Then you hide them in some secret place and use Instagram to give people clues and hint how to find them. It’s seems to be a global phenomenon.
yumfactory.com/projects/gam...
Game of Shrooms
Game of Shrooms is a once a year world-wide art-N-seek event created by Attaboy in 2019.
yumfactory.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Game of Shrooms!
It’s an annual event where people create a work of art using mushrooms as the theme. Then you hide them in some secret place and use Instagram to give people clues and hint how to find them. It’s seems to be a global phenomenon.
yumfactory.com/projects/gam...
It’s an annual event where people create a work of art using mushrooms as the theme. Then you hide them in some secret place and use Instagram to give people clues and hint how to find them. It’s seems to be a global phenomenon.
yumfactory.com/projects/gam...
Hey folks!
Does anyone go to BayCon? Is it worth setting up a book booth there? Is it worth trying to do a presentation there? It's only been about 20+ years since I've attended... (ugh, can't believe I said that).
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Does anyone go to BayCon? Is it worth setting up a book booth there? Is it worth trying to do a presentation there? It's only been about 20+ years since I've attended... (ugh, can't believe I said that).
baycon.org
BayCon 2024
BayCon 2024 embraces the Pure Imagination of speculative fiction in all its forms.
baycon.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hey folks!
Does anyone go to BayCon? Is it worth setting up a book booth there? Is it worth trying to do a presentation there? It's only been about 20+ years since I've attended... (ugh, can't believe I said that).
baycon.org
Does anyone go to BayCon? Is it worth setting up a book booth there? Is it worth trying to do a presentation there? It's only been about 20+ years since I've attended... (ugh, can't believe I said that).
baycon.org
I usually try to avoid posting political things, but this article by Cory Doctorow is really good:
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
It’s pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually
Just end all the private-sector profiteering.
doctorow.medium.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I usually try to avoid posting political things, but this article by Cory Doctorow is really good:
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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Imagine if you will, that there were support services in place that humans can call upon while traveling between Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond? This month’s blog post is about space infrastructure:
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Retro-Futurist Newsletter #9: No Space Infrastructure, No Space Settlement!
infrastructure (in· fra· struc· ture) Noun.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Imagine if you will, that there were support services in place that humans can call upon while traveling between Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond? This month’s blog post is about space infrastructure:
open.substack.com/pub/spaceman...
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Found this cool video of military support of the fire effort in LA. Looks like it was filmed during the Hughes fire.
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United States | California Firefighting | Massive Effort Knocks Down | Los Angels Wildfire 2025
YouTube video by Def_x
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January 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Found this cool video of military support of the fire effort in LA. Looks like it was filmed during the Hughes fire.
youtu.be/EZmAStEy0oI?...
youtu.be/EZmAStEy0oI?...
For my robot art geek friends!
Johannes Grenzfurthner the MONOCHROM crew in Vienna have released a wonderful book about ROBOEXOTICA, the longest running Cocktail Robotics Showcase in the world!
shop.monochrom.at?product=robo...
Johannes Grenzfurthner the MONOCHROM crew in Vienna have released a wonderful book about ROBOEXOTICA, the longest running Cocktail Robotics Showcase in the world!
shop.monochrom.at?product=robo...
ROBOEXOTICA – Beautiful Failure
ROBOEXOTICA is an event that has been a globally unique platform at a very special interface of art, technology, research and science, since 1999. Roboexotica is the longest-running festival in the fi...
shop.monochrom.at
January 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
For my robot art geek friends!
Johannes Grenzfurthner the MONOCHROM crew in Vienna have released a wonderful book about ROBOEXOTICA, the longest running Cocktail Robotics Showcase in the world!
shop.monochrom.at?product=robo...
Johannes Grenzfurthner the MONOCHROM crew in Vienna have released a wonderful book about ROBOEXOTICA, the longest running Cocktail Robotics Showcase in the world!
shop.monochrom.at?product=robo...
Finally, something to talk about! I've been writing and posting articles monthly on Substack. Topics are typically space-related, or expand upon my new book, "Creature Comforts in Space."
This month's article has a big announcement: I'm working on a second book!
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This month's article has a big announcement: I'm working on a second book!
open.substack.com/pub/spaceman...
Retro-Futurist #8: New Year, New Announcements
Howdy folks!
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Finally, something to talk about! I've been writing and posting articles monthly on Substack. Topics are typically space-related, or expand upon my new book, "Creature Comforts in Space."
This month's article has a big announcement: I'm working on a second book!
open.substack.com/pub/spaceman...
This month's article has a big announcement: I'm working on a second book!
open.substack.com/pub/spaceman...
Reposted by Spaceman Sam
here, have some fish from 2002
January 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
here, have some fish from 2002
Reposted by Spaceman Sam
Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made
January 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made
Hello fellow humans!
So much to talk about. What would you like to hear? I can talk about space travel and living in space. I can talk about my adventures at Burning Man. I can talk about our amazing Obtainium Works Art Car collective. So much fun to talk about.
So much to talk about. What would you like to hear? I can talk about space travel and living in space. I can talk about my adventures at Burning Man. I can talk about our amazing Obtainium Works Art Car collective. So much fun to talk about.
January 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hello fellow humans!
So much to talk about. What would you like to hear? I can talk about space travel and living in space. I can talk about my adventures at Burning Man. I can talk about our amazing Obtainium Works Art Car collective. So much fun to talk about.
So much to talk about. What would you like to hear? I can talk about space travel and living in space. I can talk about my adventures at Burning Man. I can talk about our amazing Obtainium Works Art Car collective. So much fun to talk about.
I guess I should post something here. Howdy folks! I’m still getting used to this new place.
January 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I guess I should post something here. Howdy folks! I’m still getting used to this new place.
Testing testing. Joining yet another social network.
November 27, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Testing testing. Joining yet another social network.