Jason Hess
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It seems everyone is becoming a Catholic this Easter☺️




Following Artemis II's rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building at @NASAKennedy yesterday, we'll be hosting a news conference at 10am ET (1500 UTC) on Friday, Feb. 27, with next steps on the test flight and the Artemis campaign. More info: go.nasa.gov/4kXD4iT

IERS data shows Earth's primary rotational stabilization mechanism has severely degraded: Earth's natural wobble (which has kept the pole stable for thousands of years) has collapsed by 97% since 2020. Observational findings suggest that periodic wobble (especially Chandler and Annual) used to overpower and mask a subtle but constant pull from massive structures at the core-mantle boundary (LLSVPs) trying to drag the pole toward a secondary equilibrium rotational axis along its perpendicular bearing (~75°W). The system appears so degraded that without normal periodic wobble, there's little left to stabilize the pole. Every two weeks when the Sun and Moon align in a way that temporarily reduces their gravitational grip on Earth, the pole lurches toward 75°W. We're seeing 1:1 reactions directly from simple tidal forcing nulls. We've confirmed this signal 3 times in a row (Dec 27, Jan 13, Jan 20) with only a 1-in-8,000 chance it's coincidence. The next test is Feb 5, and the alignment windows get 100x deeper through March 2026. The pole has been slowly drifting toward ~75°W for 50 years (+5.7 meters total), but now with periodic wobble missing, there's nothing of significance to counteract the acceleration outside of seasonal steering and the lunisolar cycle. Whether the system can persist in this state or not and for how long remains unknown. @rookisaacman @NASAAdmin If there isn't a team at NASA rigorously tackling this problem right now, I feel very strongly that there should be.









NEWS: Tesla has officially discontinued Autopilot in the U.S. and Canada. All new car purchases now come standard with Traffic-Aware Cruise Control. The online configurator has now been updated to allow buyers to choose the $99/month FSD subscription, while still offering the option to purchase FSD outright for $8,000 until February 14th. New Tesla vehicles purchases still come with a 30-day free trial of FSD (Supervised).
















