B. Shimoda

Just imagine holding beliefs and living your life in such a way so that you see "racist behavior" and "bigots" and immediately think they must be talking about you.

A Gemini capsule with shiny skin and a much expanded service module

A Gemini capsule in close proximity with the Pegasus micrometeorite satellite

Big Gemini: a much bigger Gemini with expanded crew module and long service module.

A modified Gemini module in lunar orbit with an Apollo module in front of it.

Historical unbuilt Gemini concepts:

1) Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini for mapping the lunar surface

2) Mission to rendezvous with the Pegasus micrometeorite satellite

3) Big Gemini space station logistics craft

4) Rescue Gemini for picking up stranded Apollo astronauts

I always made it policy to send acceptance letters on Friday so people could celebrate over the weekend. And rejection letters on Monday because it's not like the day can get worse.

I am tired of scrolling through YouTube shorts and seeing beefy conspiratorial clowns declare cooked food and vaccines and the very presence of a foreign person to be anathema to their delusional vision of a perfect, homogenous, walled-off society.

We did not evolve to be ALPHA CHADS, actually.

#3IATLAS update: we've just pinpointed the comet's path with 10 times more accuracy, using data from our #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. 😎🧪🔭

www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

"There is an extreme amount of AI artwork used within the base version of the game, despite the fact that last year’s Black Ops 6 made over $1 billion in its first 10 days on sale—the highest-grossing CoD game ever."

Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣

Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.

If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!

Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"

guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

Just so you know, the space battle lay out might have been naturally extrapolated from the pure physics of the situation without any intended subtext, but if your response is "It's hard sci-fi" that will actually make things worse.

Never mind, Internet died. We'll see you next week

Debated whether to play KSP or Vintage Story, but there's a new update in Elite: Dangerous and I WANT that prize!
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TMT Explores a Promising Path Forward in Spain TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO LLC) announced today that in response to the generous offer from the Spanish Ministry of Science, it is exploring a promising avenue for a new observatory based in Spain. While the Members of TO LLC continue discussions regarding the TMT site, this represents a prospective opportunity to allow TO LLC to proceed with the TMT project. For this reason, TO LLC will jointly develop with the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities a detailed roadmap toward the potential realization of the TMT at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Spain). TMT

This is pretty significant and that it’s been 11 years since they tried to build on Maunakea and Kanaka Maoli protectors have successfully impeded them is a major victory for traditional knowledge keepers and people fighting for Kanaka sovereignty. 🔭🧪

www.tmt.org/news/708

curtains of red and green light directly overhead with silhouettes of leafless trees visible on the edges of the photo

Twin Cities aurora tonight is directly overhead and in overdrive!

Throwing little green people into space. Time to learn from explosions with a Realistic Progression campaign in the one and only KSP! Today's goal: Redesigning crewed lifting vehicle so the engines will reliably light
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It is conceivable that an object seen entering our solar system could be an alien artifact. But Dr. Loeb’s overt eagerness to interpret all ambiguous or slightly unusual data as promising signs of alien invasion… (3/7)

That's a whole lot of cat.

Remember, it doesn't matter whether SNAP is restored or not. If you see someone shoplifting baby formula, NO the fuck you didn't.

🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.

📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...

#sciencepolicy #saveNASA

Throwing little green people into space. Time to learn from explosions with a Realistic Progression campaign in the one and only KSP! Today's goals: designing farside Lunar lander (and comm relay)
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These Cosmic Outbursts Normally Last for Minutes. This One Went on for Hours—And Nobody Knows Why A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all

We're back! And back where we belong: learning from explosions in a Realistic Progression campaign. It's the one and only KSP! Today's goals: interplanetary course adjustment, mapping the Moon
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If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love.

One small thing people can do is refuse to consume shitty art that isn’t made by people

Interact with art made by real artists

Happy birthday, @pbs, and thank you for (just off the top of my head) Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, Sesame Street, Cosmos, Reading Rainbow, Nova, Frontline, The American Experience, The Magic School Bus, and Nature.

The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.

“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!

Exactly 25 years ago, at 09:21 UTC, the era of continuous human presence on the International @Space_Station began.

Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 @esa.int astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth.

“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”

Name a movie you've seen more than 7 times with just a gif

LOL you gotta hand it to South Korea for gifting Trump a Silla dynasty crown. For those that don't know; that dynasty fell to financial instability, incredibly high taxes, wealth inequality and widespread rebellion against their king. Trump is too dumb to understand this is a prophecy and President Lee is basking in this moment, deservedly.

🧵 This is trending on Korean socials