Jason Hutt

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Trying to schedule a aJSC tour for a friend the week of Thanksgiving. Had to tell them no tours allowed if the shutdown is still going. Really sad that that’s not an inconceivable possibility.

Listening to The Long Walk soundtrack while I try to finish another Artemis II Moon-to-Mars Control Board pitch. Seems fitting.

#firepatullo

Another shot from Scotland for this #stunday. Taken by my daughter as we crawled through the pass on A890 on our way to Isle of Sky in the middle of a snowstorm.

Because there is hope in camaraderie, in knowing that as we suffer through this shit day-in and day-out, that there are millions of us. We are not an isolated few.

Me in front of an almost completely assembled Orion spacecraft.

Coming soon to a Vehicle Assembly Building near you.

The next thing that goes through my head is AJR’s line “it’s 3am, I should be sleeping.”

Been getting up at 0300 all weekend for my shift. Whenever I think about it, all I hear is Robin Williams. What’s the O stand for? Oh my god, it’s early.

Someday when I write down the story of how I supported Artemis II, the weirdest part may be digging through the collection bin of the facility vacuum, trying to find a tiny lost clamp. It wasn’t there. Found a dead frog though.

I don’t know, that’s something both sides might agree on.

They stacked up for a pretty hairy run and a whole lot of coming up with workarounds. Now I’m in Florida ready to go in at 5am for final LASF processing.

Worked 2nd shift on another Artemis II sim last night. We had 1 Phillies level failure - momentarily lost power to half the spacecraft, 1 Eagles level failure where we were at risk of tumbling into oblivion, and 1 Flyers level failure of a more innocuous loss of communication

Last weekend, we were sitting across from the banners at the Linc. I pointed out that from 1950 - 2000 they hung 3 banners total. The Flyers last won a cup when I was 1. Beyond the heartbreak of ‘93, the Phillies were a wasteland when I was old enough to care. I’ll take relevance any day.

Best Garfield in about 30 years.

Recently installed wall decal that shows Artemis II is 17 weeks from launch.

This is new

I think the thing I might be most excited about is getting to boo Kevin Patullo in person, rather than from my living room.

Today my boss caught me in the hall & asked where I was headed for the weekend. Then told a story about how he attended a Phillies game & was shocked by how much the fans booed their own team when the pitcher had a rough 2nd inning. Of course, I said, they gotta know when they need to do better.

Yes. Nose bleeds, where I belong.

Excited to return to the motherland for a weekend and heckle out of towners

Not sure I can look as good as Snoopy at this age.

If anyone’s wondering, Artemis II and III work will continue apace.

Catching up on season 3 of Apple’s Invasion. Continues to be a pioneer in the genre of alien invasion shows that do not feature aliens. The best thing about this show is the title theme.

Mine

Another Rocky Mountain National Park shot for this #stunday. Group of elk lounging about with Long’s Peak in the distance. This caused a major elk jam on Trail Ridge Road that day.

Birds win! #firepatullo

My oldest went to a play in London for which she made the promo art, my middle daughter marched with the Eno River rugby team in a pride parade in NC, and my youngest went to Homecoming with her best friends. The kids are alright.

I drove for over 24 hours straight to go less than 300 miles with a 9 month old baby in the car. It was awful and changed how/when we would decide to evacuate from a hurricane.

Good overview of the mission and the challenges the team has/is working with a good summary of the heat shield issues the team worked through.

NASA's Artemis II ushers in a new era of human exploration NASA's Artemis II mission could happen as early as February. Here's why this flight will be one to watch.

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first:

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