Polaris Dawn mission high above New Zealand!

I am fascinated by the connection of the settlement of Polynesia and Aotearoa, and the future settlement of the solar system (planets, moons, asteroids, and comets). All that is past, is prelude.

Insane footage For the first time, SpaceX has recovered the massive Super Heavy booster by catching it with Mechazilla, the launch tower chopsticks at Starbase

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We have a new arrangement with @UKSA for satellite removal & servicing missions, helping to address the challenges from orbital debris. We're committed to space sustainability & hope this will be a blueprint for others to follow. 👉mbie.govt.nz/international-…

This is remarkable. Meteorites on Earth being tied to specific collision events 40 million years ago.

This is a really big deal - it's the biggest change to space export controls since the Obama Admin reforms and is something the Trump Admin couldn't get done: bis.gov/press-release/…

A win for Space Solar and the SBSP community thetimes.com/article/b9d5df…

Why Musk will sacrifice democracy and maybe even jail, in one convenient chart The New York Times

Wow. This ad is very powerful. Puts into perspective the historic danger that Trump poses to America. Please watch and share 🎥 from @VoteVets:

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A reminder to join us for the first GSEN Net Connect#1 session on 18 Nov at noon CEST. The theme for this first networking session is "Space Ecosystem Building with Zero Funding". Share your experience and or learn from others. eventbrite.com/e/global-space…

Last week of chemo & radiotherapy for my thyroid cancer. As a science teacher I’m inspired by Breaking Bad to look for new opportunities! 😉 Thanks to Bryan Cranston and all for showing us the life beyond cancer treatment in the entire ‘Breaking Bad extended universe’.

Useful PPT from Tony Colaprete at LEAG with what's been happening with VIPER.

Probably true but what you don’t see in this is that Trump has slashed earth science to zero, closed stem education office and purged NASA of all civil scientist and engineers deemed “uncooperative.” In fact they have already started collecting names to be purged

Wow. China is moving to commercial resupply of their space station! Is there a Chinese version of Lori Garver?

RFK Jr will kill people. Ignorance about vaccines kills.

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It is amazing how fast Elon Musk and DOGE have demonstrated they are complete morons. They have now understanding of how government works. Every action shows their ignorance, lies, and stupidity. Every one of their actions are illegal, damage the U.S. and don’t save any money.