Joshua Nelson

What government programs should be slashed? NASA nears top of list, poll finds Just 5% of respondents said sending astronauts to Mars or back to the moon is a top priority.

Recent poll finds 57% of the public would support large cuts to NASA to reduce the deficit. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Gus is not impressed

The cuts being proposed by the new administration would be nothing short of catastrophic for space science. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

And I hear good beer as well! ;-)

Thought so. Have another (former?) friend who curls there.

Which centers that?

Elon announced today that he is advocating for an end to the ISS in 2 years. 3 years earlier than scheduled.

Bezos' Blue Origin to layoff about 10% across its space, launch business The CEO of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced in an all-hands call on Thursday company-wide layoffs of "about 10 percent" of its employees, a sweeping readjustment as it aims to cut costs and ramp up rocket launches.

Blue lays off 1,400 people, about 10% of staff.

Space Job market is dramatically different from where it was 2 years ago.

www.reuters.com/technology/s...

Of course you have a laundry basket just for the ferals. LoL

Human Altitude xkcd.com/3039

Andromeda says while #containerstore totes may be 25% off, cats are most definitely still full price.

Happy Festivus!

Congrats!

Axiom Space revises space station assembly plans Axiom Space is revising the assembly sequence for its commercial space station, a move it says will allow it to get to a free-flying station sooner while addressing NASA’s needs to prepare for the …

Axiom Space makes large changes to their space station plans. Now will only fly one module to the ISS prior to ISS end of life. spacenews.com/axiom-space-...

There is a secret kitty meeting occuring underneath the Christmas tree between Andromeda (right) and my Mom's cat. Apparently I interrupted the proceedings...

Egg nog without alcohol.... Does... Not... Compute...

Do you age yours?

Andromeda isn't sure what to think about this imposter at the #lego store!

Last week I was honored to accept a Group Achievement Award at the Increment 71 awards ceremony on behalf of the Crew-8 Emergency Reconfig team!

Trump picks Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head NASA U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's businesses.

Trump has picked Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Remembering the crews of Challenger, Apollo 1 and Columbia this week.

Bleep bloop.

Bluestockings Is Facing Eviction for Handing Out Narcan The bookstore’s harm-reduction program and free store have made enemies of its neighbors and its landlord.

This is blood-boiling. www.curbed.com/2023/12/blue...

Remember you need to start Die Hard tonight at 9:57:32 so that Hans Gruber hits the ground at precisely midnight Christmas Day!

Festivus for the restuvus!

Root cause of the drogue parachute issue on the OSIRIS-REx sample return has been identified as confusing / mislabeled wires leading to the parachute systems! Luckily the "mistake" was in a manner that still allowed for mission success. blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2... #osirisrex

Cloudy Nights classifieds forum and Astromart. I prefer Cloudy Nights myself.

SpaceX no longer streams to YouTube at all. Any stream you see there these days is not SpaceX.

Throughout their budget documents the House GOP is showing their priorities. Cutting the US off from the rest of the world and returning to pre WWII isolationism. spacenews.com/house-bill-w...

The first piece of Bennu from OSIRIS-REx is now viewable by the public in the Smithsonian! www.collectspace.com/news/news-11...