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Randall Smith
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Astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
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Perhaps the best definition of “engineer” ever….
Quote from Terry Prattchet’s Going Postal,”He dreamed of mechanisms, of making things work better than they’d ever done before “
October 29, 2024 at 5:56 AM
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Vulcan final certification flight successfully launched and separated. Beautiful daybreak launch.
ULA Vulcan Rocket launch from Cape Kennedy
October 4, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #195,484… Thanks to @brucelevenstein.bsky.social for the invite…
September 17, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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‘The problem with Mister Nutt is that people want to kill him.’ ‘What people?’ Ridcully stared into Ponder’s eyes. His lips moved. He squinted up and down like a man engaged in complex calculation. He shrugged. ‘Probably everybody,’ he said.
May 17, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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Too far away - we were in row M. But it was cool to see!
April 28, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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At the Belle & Sebastian concert. About to start!
Empty stage with instruments prepped.
April 28, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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October 2, 2023 at 9:48 AM
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Unintentional teaching moment about NASA Risk Matrices in Oppenheimer...
5x5 matrix with red, yellow, green colors with x axis as "Consequences" and y as "Probability". A [1] is marked in the lowest probability but highest consequences box, which is green.
August 6, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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Well, when they are not monitoring your activity from above.
Two cats at ceiling height above a closet.
July 5, 2023 at 5:56 AM