3-panel comic. (1) PERSON WITH SHORT HAIR to Person 2: Shining laser pointers at planes is a federal crime. It’s incredibly dangerous. PERSON 2: Oh, because it can blind the pilot? SHORT HAIR: That’s one reason… (2) [Laser pointed at flying airplane] (3) [Cat close to the size of the plane pouncing on airplane and taking it down]

Laser Danger

xkcd.com/3108/

Wet Dress Rehearsal complete for our next and 67th Electron launch ✅ Launch preparations continue on schedule for the opening of the launch window in two days' time, June 20th UTC.

Mission info: bit.ly/3xAxsql

Let’s see if we can fix that

Next on the pad 🚀 Electron is ready to launch its 66th mission in just seven days’ time for iQPS. ‘The Mountain God Guards’ is our latest dedicated launch to deploy the latest QPS-SAR imaging satellite for iQPS’ Earth monitoring constellation.

Launch window opens June 10. More info: bit.ly/4mJgtHq

Mission success for Electron's 64th launch! See ya later to "The Sea God Sees" and welcome to space again iQPS.

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Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Milestone reached on the road to Neutron's first launch 🚀 Stage 2 qualification is now complete, proving out the stage's design, operations, and readiness for flight.

New mission alert🚨 Electron's next launch is for wildfire detection company OroraTech, lined up and ready to go next week from Launch Complex 1.

"Finding Hot Wildfires Near You" is scheduled for launch NET March 27 UTC.

Full details: bit.ly/3xAxsql

High fives all round – that’s mission success for our 62nd Electron launch! Congratulations to the team at Kineis, it has been a privilege to deploy your entire constellation in less than a year across five dedicated Electron launches.

This time three days ago "The Lightning God Reigns" mission was headed to space for iQPS. Today it’s Kineis' turn.

Frequent, reliable, dedicated launch for small sats in action.

"High Five" mission launching today:
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🚀01:31 | UTC
🚀9:31 p.m. | EDT
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Opinion | A Book Club for Bewildered Democrats (Gift Article) Democrats will have no shot at containing Trump if they don’t first understand why voters turn to him.

Here's what's so alarming: Even after Trump has trampled the Constitution and coddled Putin, he is MORE popular than last November. To many voters, Democrats aren't a credible alternative. To constrain Trump, liberals must understand voters better, hence: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

just going to pin this thread because I do truly believe that the central problem of our time is that so many of us have effectively been robbed of free will by the redirection of our attention -- which not enough of us understand is the root of what we call "free will"

Yes please!

Mission success for our 59th Electron launch 🚀

Five new satellites are now in orbit for Kineis.

That’s mission 4 of 5 to build out Kineis’ internet-of-things constellation.

Missed the launch? Catch the replay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Al5...

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This is what it looks like when you lose a massive spacecraft on its way to orbit right over the Caribbean. Lots of commercial flights turning/holding/diverting to avoid falling debris from SpaceX's Starship.

How big data helped Airbus avoid a potential catastrophic accident Two case studies, one of them not widely known, illustrate how the airframer’s Skywise platform is yielding actionable safety insights.

How big data helped Airbus avoid a potential catastrophic accident theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

PetaPixel is on Bluesky!

Neutron 🤝 Science and technology missions

Neutron has been selected by NASA to provide launch services through the agency’s VADR contract, a program aimed at enabling greater access to space for science and technology missions through commercial launch opportunities.

Learn more: bit.ly/3Wfw45R

We've reached a milestone as the prime contractor for the Space Development Agency's T2TL-Beta program by passing our Preliminary Design Review. We're designing, integrating, testing, and commissioning 18 T2TL-Beta satellites for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Learn more: bit.ly/40cMIVb

SpaceX, which is preparing for Starship's 7th test flight, says the mission will attempt its first payload deployment with "10 Starlink simulators:"
www.spacex.com/launches/mis...

this is genuinely one of the wildest photos i've ever seen. 81 year old Jimmy Carter driving a spy submarine with his wife

Thanks to whoever went to the trouble of morphing me into a dromedary so I could finally fulfill my potential as "Mar🐫".

🙏 ❤️ 👍

America the Addicted Gambling — on sports, stocks and crypto — is the new opioids

The rise of predatory "limbic capitalism" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-th...

Payload deployed. Mission success for Owl The Way Up. Welcome to orbit once again, Synspective.

YouTube video by Rocket Lab Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' Launch

Join us for the live broadcast of our 58th Electron launch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7VZ...

We’ve been the sole launch provider for @Synspective
since we launched their 1st StriX spacecraft in 2020.

Today's launch will be our 6th of a total of 16 launches booked with the team at Synspective.

Webcast live from T-20 mins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7VZ...

We are standing down from today’s launch attempt for Synspective to take a closer look at sensor data.

We have back-up opportunities in the coming days, so standby for the new launch date shortly.

We made it to Bluesky 👋

And what better way to kick off our new account than with a launch day.

We're targeting 21 Dec NZT for the launch of 'Owl The Way Up' for Synspective.

⏰NZT | 3:00 am, 21 Dec
⏰PT | 6:00 am, 20 Dec
⏰ET | 9:00 am, 20 Dec
⏰UTC | 14:00, 20 Dec