Richard Speed
@richardspeed.bsky.social
Reporter for The Register (all opinions my own)
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*sigh* A 🧵Ok here we go, In May of 2024, remembering the lessons of the past and understanding they now had options with crew safety in this case, NASA made the conservative call to bring the Starliner spacecraft home without crew after the craft experienced a set of thruster issues. 1/
SpaceX rocket finally launches to bring back two stranded NASA astronauts 🚀
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will finally come home after their eight-day mission was extended to nine months because of technical problems ⬇️ trib.al/Gigi6yK
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will finally come home after their eight-day mission was extended to nine months because of technical problems ⬇️ trib.al/Gigi6yK
March 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
*sigh* A 🧵Ok here we go, In May of 2024, remembering the lessons of the past and understanding they now had options with crew safety in this case, NASA made the conservative call to bring the Starliner spacecraft home without crew after the craft experienced a set of thruster issues. 1/
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Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
March 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
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Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds.
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
Donate to Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition, organized by Jonathan McDowell
For 35 years I've been sharing information about space exploration w… Jonathan McDowell needs your support for Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds.
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
So long and thanks for all the stars.
The ESA #Gaia mission has delivered the best Milky Way maps to date and taken its last starlight before spacecraft retirement 🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
January 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So long and thanks for all the stars.
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a special shoutout to everyone who "works with computers" and therefore is required to fix the electronics of their entire extended family over the holidays
December 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
a special shoutout to everyone who "works with computers" and therefore is required to fix the electronics of their entire extended family over the holidays
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There are two things I miss from the other place: lots of space nerdery and doggos. The former is improving and the latter… well… thank you, Ned
September 29, 2023 at 4:45 AM
There are two things I miss from the other place: lots of space nerdery and doggos. The former is improving and the latter… well… thank you, Ned
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I loved this and wanted to create a little comic for it. This is how I imagined the exchange going. I hope you like it @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ☺️
June 26, 2023 at 7:45 PM
I loved this and wanted to create a little comic for it. This is how I imagined the exchange going. I hope you like it @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ☺️