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Alexander Taleb

@AlexanderNTaleb

Aerospace Engineer and Rocket Expert, Chief Engineer, Cofounder and CTO of @LesathINT. Here to provide expertise, commentary, and fun facts on space!

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Alexander Taleb
Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
There are a huge number of valid criticisms of SLS, and there are points in both the past and future that cancellation is/was called for. However at this point a successful flight of Artemis II will be a massive benefit to all, from the smallest space company to NASA itself.
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NASA@NASA·
1.5 million names are flying around the Moon on Artemis II. Is yours one of them? It's not too late to add your name to the mission—and it's absolutely free: go.nasa.gov/artemisnames
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Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU@CompletedStreet·
Americans would be 10% happier if zoning codes allowed stores in residential neighborhoods.
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Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
Who wants to fly across THE PACIFIC with a questionable engine right out of the gate?
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Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
a 15 second check of the facts show that the airplane was either "fine" with a concerning errant sensor reading, or it was "not fine" with an accurate sensor reading. Both can be reduced to "not fine"
aircraftmaintenancengineer@airmainengineer

Pilot cancels flight due to safety concerns: "im not feeling it" A pilot canceled an American Airlines flight for one simple, brutally honest reason: “I’m not feeling it.” No dramatic engine failure. No weather chaos. No cryptic announcement full of airline jargon. Just a human being in the cockpit recognizing that something felt off—and choosing safety over schedule, pressure, or convenience. In an industry where delays spark outrage and cancellations trigger viral meltdowns, this moment is a reminder of what we actually want from the person flying a metal tube at 35,000 feet: self-awareness, caution, and the confidence to say no. Because “not feeling it” isn’t laziness—it’s intuition, experience, and responsibility speaking up before a problem has a chance to exist. We praise pilots for handling emergencies, but maybe we should praise them just as much for preventing one. So yeah, the flight didn’t take off. Plans were delayed. People were annoyed. But everyone walked away safe. And honestly? That’s exactly the kind of energy you want in the cockpit. ✈️ 📸 aviationmp4

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aircraftmaintenancengineer@airmainengineer·
Pilot cancels flight due to safety concerns: "im not feeling it" A pilot canceled an American Airlines flight for one simple, brutally honest reason: “I’m not feeling it.” No dramatic engine failure. No weather chaos. No cryptic announcement full of airline jargon. Just a human being in the cockpit recognizing that something felt off—and choosing safety over schedule, pressure, or convenience. In an industry where delays spark outrage and cancellations trigger viral meltdowns, this moment is a reminder of what we actually want from the person flying a metal tube at 35,000 feet: self-awareness, caution, and the confidence to say no. Because “not feeling it” isn’t laziness—it’s intuition, experience, and responsibility speaking up before a problem has a chance to exist. We praise pilots for handling emergencies, but maybe we should praise them just as much for preventing one. So yeah, the flight didn’t take off. Plans were delayed. People were annoyed. But everyone walked away safe. And honestly? That’s exactly the kind of energy you want in the cockpit. ✈️ 📸 aviationmp4
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Michael Mealling -- e/acc
Michael Mealling -- e/acc@mmealling·
This is the space section of a comprehensive analysis of China's industrial policy. China is good at seeing what works, copying it, and doing it more cheaply. China is copying SpaceX and Blue. They are NOT copying SLS or anything produced by the Primes. uscc.gov/sites/default/…
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Alex Muresianu
Alex Muresianu@ahardtospell·
Here at Galadriel, we are building a different kind of AI. Instead of a Dark Lord, it will be a queen. Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love it and despair!
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Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
@tsaralounga The original gas-turbine prototype, TGV 001, had this color in 1972, with the electric Sud-Est sets going into production before the decade was out.
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Anastasia Tsaralounga@tsaralounga·
@AlexanderNTaleb Has to be said that TGV debuted in the 80s though. But yes that orange was still en vogue since the 70s, hard to imagine they could’ve made the revolutionary TGV in any other color. And it’s good that it didn’t get through to today
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Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
Everyone who worked on New Glenn should be extremely proud of their work. The jump in what NG accomplished from NG-1 to NG-2 is unprecedented.
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BURKOV@burkov·
A math professor noticed his kitchen sink at home was leaking. He called a plumber. The plumber came the next day, tightened a couple of nuts, and the sink worked perfectly again. The professor was delighted. But when, a minute later, the plumber handed him the bill, he was shocked. “This is a third of my monthly salary!” “Yeah, I get it…” said the plumber. “Why don’t you come work for our company as a plumber? You’ll make three times more than you do as a professor. Just remember: when you apply, say you only finished seventh grade. They don’t like hiring educated people.” So the professor got a job as a plumber, and his life really did improve. All he had to do was tighten a nut here and there every so often, and his salary was much higher. One day, the management of the plumbing company decided that every plumber had to attend evening classes to finish eighth grade. So our professor had to go too. By chance, the very first class was math. The evening school teacher, wanting to check what the students knew, asked for the formula for the area of a circle. They called the professor up to the board, and he suddenly realized he’d forgotten it. He started frantically reasoning it out, covering the board with integrals, differentials, and all sorts of fancy formulas to re-derive the result. In the end, he got: S = –π r² He didn’t like the minus sign, so he started again. Again he got a minus. No matter what he did, it kept coming out negative. He cast a panicked look at the class, and all the plumbers were whispering: “Swap the limits of integration!”
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Alexander Taleb
Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
I agree with a few qualifications. Certain things can only be tested in flight, and flying sub-orbitally sooner, by design or by fate, is often the best way to go. Somewhere between the paradigm of Apollo's many early test flights vs Shuttle's single first all up is the optimum
M. V. Cunha@mvcinvesting

Peter Beck, $RKLB's Founder & CEO, on Neutron’s first flight: "Our aim is to make it to orbit on the first try. You won't see us minimizing that goal with some qualifier about just clearing the pad and claiming success. That means we don't want to learn something during Neutron's first flight that could have been learned on the ground during the testing phase. At the end of the day, we'll fly Neutron when we're very confident it's ready, and we're not going to break the mold of the Rocket Lab magic."

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Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
@Dero_PR Like 99.45% of conspiracy theories, it is made up by people who feel a compulsive need to be in on a secret and not in any real information. I just find it a fun one.
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Derozilla 🇵🇷@Dero_PR·
@AlexanderNTaleb If Olympic was “fatally” damaged why did it only take her 40 days for permanent repairs in Belfast. Thats not enough time to swap the two ships since Titanic was incomplete and was already receiving changes to her B deck. Titanic was also underinsured too so
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Alexander Taleb
Alexander Taleb@AlexanderNTaleb·
To be clear, this theory falls apart with even the smallest scrutiny. Olympic and Titanic had differences that even an untrained eye can spot from photos. That doesn't mean it isn't a fun thought experiment and a personal favorite.
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