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It also proposes canceling Gateway. Right as Northrop Grumman received shipment of the shell. There’s no re-use of the system in the proposal so literal millions of USD is potentially going to waste.

Don’t forget that the companies that made these devices or the applications that run on them as addicting as possible! We might have allowed ourselves to get to this point but it’s definitely not ENTIRELY the public’s fault

Here’s a pre-Artemis 1 test of NASA SLS’ Rocketdyne RS-25 engine. Coming directly from the era of the Space Shuttle, SLS used 4 of these bad boys for its first stage alongside 2 Northrop Grumman-produced solid rocket boosters! #space #science

The 24 hour news cycle is finally catching up to everyone. I appreciate that Marketplace is a daily operation. I’d rather be learning things late but know I’ve pearned the truth than early and potentially learning something false

Meanwhile HEO Space grabbed this on-orbit image of the Chinese spacestation using a BlackSky Inc. satellite

distance of 83 km, with a resolution of 0.17 m/px.

source: heospace on the other site.

Hello space people, apologies, another request. I'm looking for people that could comment on in-space manufacturing and the potential benefits for humanity.

If that's you, or you know someone, do let me know. jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks!

NASA terminating $420 million in contracts NASA is terminating $420 million in contracts the agency says are redundant or “misaligned” with its core priorities, but has provided few details about what is being cut.

Here’s more detail on the $420 million NASA says it has cut in contracts and grants. Oh wait - there is little detail publicly available. spacenews.com/nasa-termina...

Can we phase out polygraphs now?

This is an incredible blunder and is the exact reason why you follow operational procedures when doing anything of substance in the government. Those rules were written with the tears of many sacrificed staffers.

Hi space people, I'm looking for non-NASA experts to comment on the MAV portion of Mars Sample Return, and why it's so challenging to take off from Mars.

If that's you, or you know someone, do get in touch. jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks!

Insane numbers. I would have honestly expected the drone count to be higher but maybe their numbers are hard to determine

Food banks around the country are in desperate need of support. They rely heavily on resources from the USDA and many rural food banks don’t have communities that can make up for the current losses. Donations of non-perishable food or money is good but please call your Reps

Thank you to @sciguyspace.bsky.social for putting words to the “ick” I’ve been feeling about the language around bringing the Starliner astronauts home.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/can-nasa-remain-nonpartisan-when-basic-spaceflight-truths-are-shredded/

There are so many organizations that need volunteers to fight the good fight! Your time is worth more to most groups than providing money

Please get involved in your local community organizations. They have an outsized impact on the things you interact with everyday and almost all organizations I’ve interacted with need volunteers

Getting rwally tired of headlines being written to normalize stupidity. The Sec Def is most decidedly not an expert on climate change but wording a headline like this makes it sound like this is a decision based on science or reason, not the political play that it actually is

Hello space people, I'm looking for experts to comment on the NASA cuts from a US/European perspective, and what this will mean for science moving forwards.

If that's you, do let me know. jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks

Visualizing Ukraine’s military aid after the U.S. freeze Since 2022, the United States has allocated more than $120 billion in aid to Ukraine. European nations have collectively allocated over $140 billion.

Liberal American media are not fact-checking Trump any more. They've given up.
Here, WaPo writes an entire article about US & European aid to Ukraine. Not one line on the fact that Trump repeatedly uses egregiously fake numbers to justify his hostility.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The misuse in recent weeks of Thucycides’ Melian Dialogue- the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must- annoys me. The treatment of the Melians - murdered and enslaved - prompted small Greek city states to band together with Sparta and ultimately defeat Athens. That’s the lesson.

Graphic for International Women’s Day is divided into two halves. On the left, a white background features a simple line drawing of a rose with the text "FLOWERS ARE NICE" in purple uppercase letters. On the right, a purple background displays a bold white and yellow feminist symbol with the text "EQUAL RIGHTS ARE BETTER" in uppercase, with "EQUAL" highlighted in yellow. The European Commission logo is in the bottom right corner.

When a woman is empowered, the world is empowered.💜️

#InternationalWomensDay

Looking forward to reading this! Other than trying to convince our representatives to force the distribution of USAID, are there other things that regular citizens can do to keep the fight alive?

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Happy Twin Peaks day to those who celebrate 🍒☕🥧

The Planetary Society Strongly Opposes Mass Layoffs of Probationary… Sudden, indiscriminate layoffs at NASA do not serve the national interests in space leadership.

The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program.

Read more on our stance. ⬇️

How the Senate Voted to Confirm R.F.K. Jr. as Health Secretary The Senate confirmed Mr. Kennedy by a vote of 52 to 48 to lead the department responsible for public health.

True story: when my older boys were little, they both got whooping cough even though they were vaccinated. It was bad. We asked the pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. They would’ve died, he said.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I’m just imagining people having their tvs running through YouTube auto-play videos all day like an airport tv showing CNN

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend”

I appreciate Marketplace for not “normalizing stupid” as I like to tell my wife. When people in power make dumb or dangerous statements, do illegal things or support others doing those things the media shouldn’t be using language that implies these things are normal. These things are NOT

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not