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Space law Professor | Assorted sports 🏏 and music chat (he/his). Mainly personal stuff

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The Space Review: Accelerating Artemis When NASA rolled out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Complex 39B in mid-January, officials were optimistic the rocket could launch in a window in early February (see…

A good summary of the steps NASA is taking to accelerate the return to the Moon and the remaining challenges to get there by 2028 www.thespacereview.com/article/5171/1

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Also, really glad it went well 😊 I bet you were very well received

03.03.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professor Christopher Newman

I promise I am 😊 www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our...

I suspect I have only questions myself rather than answers - but ask anything!

03.03.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sending all good thoughts to you :)

03.03.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to the Panto at the London Palladium a few years ago. Elaine Page and Julian Clarey were the headlines, but Havers literally stole the show every time he appeared on stage. Magnificent.

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A lime green advert with a fox in a mortar board. QR code. Email: https://www.foxproofreading.co.uk/

A lime green advert with a fox in a mortar board. QR code. Email: https://www.foxproofreading.co.uk/

Do you need help with your grammar and referencing? Are you a #postgrad student? Are you an #academic? Get real humans to help! Check us out at www.foxproofreading.co.uk #AcademicSky #academia #universities #proofreading #foxproofreading

02.03.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

VLEO and HAPS are going to increase in significance and usage over the next few years.

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Mind, my predictions this weekend about the #cricket were pretty hopeless as well (that West Indies victory didn't quite materialise) so, frankly, don't listen to anything I say.

02.03.2026 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is absolutely right on the money.

I've had a flurry of emails and posts and emergency podcasts come into my inbox this weekend. All by smart people trying to read the runes.

None of it makes a blind bit of difference. Prediction, as they say, is for the birds.

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The Charlatans remain one of my very favourite bands. Just brilliant.

28.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good thread.

I'd qualify though, our goal may not be regime *change* vs regime *destruction*. Rumsfeld's Iraq view in 2003 was just smash and leave. With military hardware, regime security nodes, economic infrastructure destroyed, we wouldn't have to care who ran Iraq or what happened next 1/

28.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6

Most definitely worth reading in these troubled times…

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Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer | Speech Writer I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see.
He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work.
Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk

28.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 425    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 13

Honestly, it's gone beyond a fluke result here and there, Sunderland are absolutely back and firing. It's a joy to see.

I do fear we are entering the 'Typical Boro' phase of the season where we end up losing to Wrexham in the play offs... but maybe this is the year to buck the trend

28.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Each week I am astonished by how good Sunderland are at the basics. It is an underwhelming PL season, but Sunderland are a distinct high point.

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NASA Overhauls Moon Mission in Effort to Cut Risks and Costs NASA is shaking up its Artemis mission to the moon, canceling a multibillion-dollar Boeing Co. upgrade to the centerpiece SLS rocket and slotting in a test flight closer to Earth as the program remain...

NASA announced sweeping changes to its Artemis plan this morning in an effort to accelerate the Space Launch System's flight rate. But after years of the program being mismanaged, behind schedule, and over budget, I'm not sure what makes this time different... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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I got the feeling she was trying a little too hard. But I also think that was the best Muppety thing since the 2011 movie. They really nailed all the right notes of the original show.

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It really is - although Artemis was never funded or loved enough to really make a serious push for sustainable lunar exploration.

F.A.M is brilliant - especially the early couple of seasons!

Sending all good thoughts to you my friend 😊

27.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I absolutely love this!

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Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille | The Midnight Special

Here, look. Neil Sedaka wrote β€˜Love Will Keep Us Together’ and that’s more than enough. youtu.be/ivJq9lmCWkc?...

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Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (Russell Harty, 1973)
YouTube video by Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (Russell Harty, 1973)

youtu.be/wTaNM-Q1t68?...

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Neil Sedaka, a Pop Hitmaker Across Two Eras, Dead at 86 Neil Sedaka, the songwriter and performer behind hits like 'Laughter in the Rain' and 'Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,' has died at age 86.

RIP Neil Sedaka. A prodigious talent and true entertainer www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon Plans to return humans to the moon will come in later mission as agency grapples with delays and glitches

So, in β€œleast surprising development” of the day (in what is now a regular visitor to this segment)… www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

27.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whilst a bit knotty, I like the format of this T20 #Cricket World Cup. There’s always something to play for…

…also, if Sky have any sense, they’ll sign up Moeen Ali as a permanent fixture in the commentary box because he’s brilliant.

Thank you for your attention on this matter.

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Also, and I’m willing to be corrected on this, but this England men’s T20 side has the best teeth of any cricket side to have set sail from these shores. Some lovely gnashers on display #cricket

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I might have lost faith a tiny bit at the 10 over point.

Will Jacks has gone from ashes chump to lynch pin of a well oiled T20 side.

I’m more confused than ever #cricket

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It has a look of a vulpine Allan Donald!

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CM‑302

CM‑302

The China and Iran deal for Chinese‑made CM‑302 missiles is near completion, if it hasn’t been secretly completed already, no delivery date has been agreed but it would only take a couple of hours fulfill once decided. The missile has the capability of sinking US carriers in theory.

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The Space Review: β€œWe failed them”: NASA grapples with Starliner In briefings before the launch earlier this month of the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station using a SpaceX Crew Dragon, reporters asked NASA officials about the status of the other…

The Space Review: β€œWe failed them”: NASA grapples with Starliner

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