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Dwayne Day

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Historian of military and civil space programs and policy. In my day job I direct studies for NASA on space and aeronautics subjects including planetary science, astrophysics, and Earth science. Work at the National Academy of Science. Trekkie. Dogs.

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Over the weekend I tried watching "Jaws 3D." I got about halfway through it before turning it off. It's bad. At times it felt like a slasher film. Teenagers running around in the dark getting killed. The actors were doing a lot of cocaine, which may have contributed to the raunchy goofiness.

08.10.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good to know nothing has changed.

07.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So what you're saying is that it's an alien spaceship? And we're doomed?

07.10.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Low and Slow.

07.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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And this article, with Harry Stranger:
thespacereview.com/article/5075/1

07.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New article:
thespacereview.com/article/5072/1

07.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Taps the sign.]

06.10.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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My Space Review article with Harry is not yet posted, but it deals with this:

07.10.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had not realized how hard that ship was used during Vietnam. It lost a propeller twice.

07.10.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The weird thing about that image is it was taken in July. What looks like ice on the water is just different ways the sun is reflecting off the water.

07.10.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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USS Oriskany, USS Ranger, and USS Enterprise, from space, and from an aircraft, early 1970s. My article with Harry Stranger about this will appear in The Space Review in a few hours.

07.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have two articles in this-week's Space Review. This is the subject of one of them:

06.10.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is also the subject of my Space Review article with Harry Stranger.

05.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My new article with Harry Stranger will also deal with this:

05.10.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you put it next to one of your models, it will look like it is much further away...

05.10.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I will have two articles in this week's Space Review. This is the topic of one of them, with Harry Stranger.

05.10.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a neat little story in Glen Swanson's new book on Star Trek about how they sought out the new TRW aerospace campus to film "Operation Annihilate!" It was futuristic, but had not yet appeared in other TV shows. LA was growing fast.

03.10.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know a lot of people got really enthusiastic the last time. If they really have something, they could/should put out a few clips. Otherwise, we should remain really skeptical.

03.10.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not a big Dr. Who fan, but we've seen this story before. There was a lot of excitement about 7-8 years ago when somebody claimed to have found a bunch of episodes in South Africa. And then nothing happened. People either need to demonstrate that they have them, or keep quiet.

03.10.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Vantor and Lanteris sound like alien names from "Plan 9 From Outer Space."

02.10.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe that next year SpaceX is launching 5 missions to Mars. And in 2033, they will launch 500 missions to Mars. This seems entirely feasible, and not the kind of idea dreamed up by somebody on drugs.

02.10.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, Sept 29. Happened on Monday.

01.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ground testing anomaly destroys Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha booster intended for next flight – Spaceflight Now

Happened Sept 30: spaceflightnow.com/2025/09/30/g...

01.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You need to create a menu.

01.10.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what the plane on the carrier deck is used for--firefighting training.

30.09.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Wahlberg is really good at the empty blank stare. It's typecasting.

30.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you need a smile today this is it.

Look at her go.

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Have you watched "The Happening"? It's rather bizarre. You spend much of the movie nearly breaking out in laughter at how dumb it is.

30.09.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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