I just came across the craziest piece of Space Shuttle footage I’ve ever seen. During the roll program on STS-114, this tracking footage clearly shows Commander Eileen Collins’ orange ACES suit through the window as they ascend toward orbit. 🤯

m.youtube.com/watch?si=Z9imn…

Footage of Earth taken from a camera onboard the Thor missile on May 12, 1959.

In a meeting, “we need a computer 3D visualization of Uranus’ magnetic field and rotation”. Old timer: “we have this left over from Voyager”.

Yesterday I posted a screenshot of what Elon musk said in regards to starliner and pointed out that it sounded awfully similar to someone advocating for a monopoly of their own company

a lot of people didnt like that and claimed i was misrepresenting his statement

so here:

Ominious shadow

Archimedes is here

📸Aust 🚀

Forget the caption, it’s stupid.

He fucking disintegrated the guy on the table

Just watching Star Wars. In space. No big deal. #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou

How did we get to a point in time where one of the richest men in the world is without doubt one of the dumbest cunts who ever drew breath?

This guy is a fucking idiot

Found an opportunity to use this classic Apollo clip again in the Skylab video.

Orion thoughts 🧵

Orion is a crew capsule has been in development for close to 2 decades and has cost ~$28B so far in 2024 dollars.

The main items remaining for development are:
1. Heatshield
2. Life Support
3. Docking Capability

This is not good.

Elon Musk 😭

This is how you spot an entrepreneur.

Hey Joe Rogan / The Joe Rogan Experience Clips, I’d love to come on the show and explain point by point absolutely everything you talked about with Bart Sibrel. There’s actually very simple and fun facts behind so many of his quandaries that can be good learning moments for physics and science. I’m…

What if they are dumb?? Who decides how smart someone is? You really are such a privledged asshole dude....

A three-part story.

1. The challenge.

2. Successful capture of Earthshine during totality showing lunar surface features.

3. The result.

I got my camera, set up the tripod, dialed the lens to 70mm & framed it up on a static portion of the sky to capture the 2024 Solar Eclipse periodically for over two hours.. I am so, so proud of the compilation that resulted!🥲🌙☀️
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Shutdown of a Raptor vacuum engine in slow motion. The engine’s nozzle is sized for use by Starship in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and outer space, so operation at sea level and low chamber pressures results in flow separation creating visible rings in the exhaust

View of the eclipse from orbit