
Kiruthika Devaraj
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@RisaWechsler @americanacad Congratulations Risa, truly well earned!
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Stunned, humbled, and deeply honored to be elected to the @americanacad alongside such an incredible group of creative and accomplished people!!!
American Academy of Arts & Sciences@americanacad
Congratulations to our new members! Just announced! We are honoring the excellence of extraordinary leaders in an array of disciplines and professions. The first members were elected in 1781. Learn who was elected in 2023: amacad.org/news/2023-memb…
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The $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal is now LIVE. Funded by @elonmusk, it’s the largest in history. Fight climate change. Let’s exit the fossil fuel era. 🌎 ♻️
Sign up now: bit.ly/3rvd3KO
@PeterDiamandis
@AnoushehAnsari #environment
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@creon I did not know that the logo had such a prosaic intent
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@kdevaraj Someday they will be old enough to learn the truth about the bite in the apple.
cnn.com/2011/10/06/opi…
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Our Rogue Alpha/Beta #CubeSats, sponsored by @AF_SMC, recently sent imagery of #HurricaneSally to Earth via laser comms, demonstrating how small sats can deliver large amounts of remote sensing data for weather & other research. Read: aerospace.org/article/rogue-… #spaceinnovation
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@hhallam @roamingryan @wikkit The company expects to book just $2 million in revenue this year, with a free cash flow loss of $28 million. It projects to be cash flow positive by 2023, when annual revenue reaches nearly $600 million.

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Kevin pointed out the news about Momentus, the latest space company to become listed (and the latest flex of the Giant Pool of Money) cnbc.com/2020/10/07/mom…
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What I really want to know is the *additive* latency of each node. The rest is just physics.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@Michaelnardone4 @FutureJurvetson @SpaceXStarlink @SpaceX Around 20ms. It’s designed to run real-time, competitive video games. Version 2, which is at lower altitude could be as low as 8ms latency.
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In 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first black woman to fly in space. In 1996, she filed a police brutality complaint against a police officer for twisting her arm and throwing her down on the pavement while arresting her during a traffic stop. (via @exploreplanets)
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1.4B people under lock down for 21 days. There was very limited testing in India and I was very worried for my family back home. But, it's great to see such action! thehindu.com/news/national/…
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@astrojockey See this thread twitter.com/karenflemingph…
Karen Fleming@KarenFlemingPhD
PSA for non-science folks: Wonder why everyone is emphasizing hand washing? Sounds banal, but soap really IS an amazing weapon that we all have in our homes. This is because coronavirus is an "enveloped" virus, which means that it has an outer lipid membrane layer. 1/3
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Johan Rockström: “10 years ago science showed there are 15 known Earth tipping elements that regulate the state of the Planet. Today we present findings that 9 of these 15 systems are on the move.” nature.com/articles/d4158…

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@astrojockey @tanyaofmars @karen_darlin @planetlabs Same resolution as the Doves, 8 spectral bands (Doves/B13 have 4).
Some more specs: planet.com/pulse/b14-the-…
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@tanyaofmars @karen_darlin @planetlabs Is there any info about the SuperDoves out there? I'll check SmallSat papers.
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The webcast of the #Cartosat3 launch, carrying 12 @planetlabs SuperDove CubeSats, is now live: youtube.com/watch?v=LjFK5G…

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