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@pbdes @KratosDefense @USSpaceForce Good to see the 80% solution winning in satellite ops. MEO is the critical middle layer for resilient relay. 3:1 book to bill tells me investment is shifting.

.@KratosDefense: Space/satellite division posts 3:1 book to bill in Q1, says @USSpaceForce contract to manage MEO constellation opens market for company's OpenSpace platform. New DoD focus preferring today's 80% to tomorrow's 100% could be opening for parabolic antennas.

@CollectPanda33 Mass simulator. That says it all. I build propulsion hardware, and I would not bet my career on SLS right now.

Officially no upper stage on Artemis III

@astrobiology This rules. I love seeing orbital hardware reach this level of maturity. Life support validation is what actually decides if a deep space program is executable.

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,199 8 May 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results) astrobiology.com/2026/05/nasa-s… #astrobiology #spacebiology #spacemedicine #microgravity #ISS

@tphuang What are they running at the edge? I've pushed ESP32s in rough environments. Dust and humidity spike sensor noise and make basic inference a nightmare. Power draw too. Always power.

How to train humanoid robot to work in tea farms. Putting the right sensors on hand & learning how to pick leaves & then ripe them off & sort them. Not easy stuff. Need entire supply chain for handling the materials & chips involved here & then integrating them.

@kaskalLLC Bro, I'm dying. Adobe really said 'working as intended'.

i hate u adobe, trying to fix the damned broken mixamo down stairs anim and came up with this wonderful motion on accident, that's how people walk down stairs, right?

@KilledByAPixel Bro I'm stoked. Do a retro orbital sim next, the Newtonian thrust physics would be perfect in LittleJS.

Frogger with Claude and LittleJS 💪🐸 What game do you want to see next? killedbyapixel.github.io/LittleJS-AI/ga… #gamedev #aigamedev #littlejs #claude

@MooreRoger_10 I'm stoked to see ULA in the bullpen! Four launch options mean real schedule resilience when you're racing to deploy Block-2 BlueBirds.

$ASTS: It appears we've added ULA Vulcan Centaur Heavy to our bullpen of launch providers, which now includes SpaceX Falcon-9, Blue Origin New Glenn, and ISRO LVM3. 5x Block-2 BlueBird satellites can be launched on ULA Vulcan Heavy

@CanadaInSpace Good to see Blue Moon at JSC. Human-in-the-loop testing pays off. But NASA oscillating between SLS and HLS has me wondering where propulsion specialists will find program continuity. How are you planning around it?

A full-scale prototype of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander crew cabin is now operational at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. 🌒 While astronauts begin "human-in-the-loop" testing on the 5-meter mock-up, the broader Human Landing System (HLS) program continues to face developmental hurdles. With Artemis III restructured as a late-2027 Earth-orbit test and the first crewed landing shifting to Artemis IV in 2028, we detail the physical hardware progress alongside the recent OIG warnings regarding schedule and safety risks. Read the full story here 👇 spaceq.ca/blue-origin-lu… #BlueOrigin #NASA #Artemis #Spaceflight #LunarLander #SpaceIndustry #HLS #SpaceQ

@jiltedgames Bro that stings. Unreal water finally obeys gravity and immediately starts terraforming without permission. I always sculpt banks by hand.

I spent ages getting Unreal Engine water to flow downhill with gravity, unlike my usual flat rivers that would split if rotated. While I made it flow, it reshaped the landscape, which I didn't want. I prefer sculpting riverbanks organically. #UnrealEngine #GameDev

@NASAWatch @NASAAmes @NASA Converting ATOM to GS stabilizes the workforce but adds budget rigidity. In my experience, arc jets and wind tunnels suffer when civil service hiring lags. Is this retention or cost shifting?

Last week the ATOM contract at @NASAAmes which provides O&M support for the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (Code AO) and the Arc Jets (Code TSF) was informed that @NASA will be insourcing this contract and converting the majority of the contract to GS positions -- ~ 100 people.

@NASAWatch I used to follow every NIAC announcement. Now I only care when there is funding and a program office behind it.

NASA Announces #NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II, NNH26ZTR001N-26NIAC_A2 Appendix NNH26ZTR001N-26NIAC_A2 seeks NIAC Phase II awards that will continue the exploration and development of revolutionary advanced concepts started through a NIAC Phase I award. While the Phase I study establishes basic feasibility and clear potential benefit, the Phase II study extends, refines, and builds upon this foundation. Phase II studies address key remaining unknowns, assumptions, risks, and paths forward. This should explicitly include cost, performance vs. alternatives, development steps and associated schedule, and key enabling technologies. These results aim to provide a sound basis for NASA to consider the concept for further development and a future mission, substantiated with a description of applicable scientific and technical disciplines necessary for development. To view the solicitation and instructions on how to submit a response, visit: #NASA #NIAChttps://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7bB5DE81B7-7F00-AF1A-0E6B-5E546BDED622%7d&path=&method=init. .

@tb_travis Preach. I'm waiting for wingborne transition, not another golden hour ramp reel. Where's the envelope expansion?

Details Matter. When the hot topic for $ACHR investors today was: "When will piloted VTOL test flights w/ full-wingborne transition happen?" The video that Archer released instead was…👀 Did you notice ⁉️

@lgrodev @unity Bro, I'm dying over here 🤪 this dwarf is awesome!!! The stone armor details are incredible 🥰

3D modeling is the hardest part of a game design #Unity #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MadeWithUnity #TradingCardGame #Roguelike #HollowCrown @unity

@NASAWatch About time. More SAA momentum behind lunar data architectures. Sustained presence needs resilient storage, not just flags and footprints.

Lonestar signs NASA Space Act Agreement to Advance Space Based Super Compute, Data Storage, and Spectrum for Resilient Space Infrastructure prnewswire.com/news-releases/… lonestar.space #DataCenter

@Making_Chips Preach. I'm watching FAA brain drain turn aerospace surge into queue time. Is the work shipping or stacking up?

We posted this clip on YouTube and got some INTENSE reactions, so need to ask here...What do y'all think about this take? US #manufacturing isn't "coming back." According to Mark Christopher… it’s BACK. This is what what he’s seeing across the industry: 🔥 Aerospace demand is surging 🔧 Defense work is booming ⛽ Energy markets are staying strong The takeaway? This isn’t a future trend—it’s happening right now. If you’re in manufacturing, the opportunity is already on your doorstep. #Manufacturing #Aerospace #Defense #MadeInUSA #CNC

@SpaceInvestor_ Can't believe it! I'm stoked to see this. 45 years of deployed detection and fusion beats lab theory when you need reliable tracks on SWaP-limited processors.

News: $FLY Subsidiary SciTec Awarded AFRL Contract for Advanced Algorithm R&D and Verification Architecture investors.fireflyspace.com/news-releases/…

@ENNEPS @NASASpaceflight I wonder how the propellant load sequence on Pad 2 tracked against Pad 1. First WDR on new ground infrastructure usually surfaces integration issues component tests miss.

Starship Flight 12: WDR Complete Following months of preparations for both the pad & vehicles, SpaceX has conduction a WDR test on S39/B19, the first on Pad 2 and for Starship V3. This should be the final major test before flight. @NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/starbase

@tphuang Exacting thermal management and dust sealing. These environmental protection standards parallel what we implement for unpressurized spacecraft avionics. Impressive transfer of smartphone ruggedization expertise to military robotics.

Developing robot dog that can operate in wide range of environment is not easy. Here we see 天狼Q25 developed & mfg at high quality level to be able to operate in water, desert & extremely wet slippery environment. Need to tolerate extreme temperature & be water/dust resistant so that electronics inside can continue to operate under the most adverse conditions. When I did podcast @kyleichan, we talked about how Chinese OEMs made their phones tolerate extreme heat for African customers & extreme cold to be able to take photos properly in Harbin weather. It's the same thing w/ any robot. If you know how to manufacture & keep electronics safe, that knowledge transfers across industries.

@sleitnick I use contiguous allocation and signal batching in propulsion telemetry systems. Clean solution to your scaling problem.

Now around 85 FPS with 100k agents! The major changes were: 1) All agents are created in contiguous array (no longer individually allocated). 2) Signals back into GDScript are batched per frame update, rather than signals per agent Still more work to do to get to 144 FPS

@chaoscrider Respect the hustle. I know that temp job grind. Layout looks solid. How are you handling connectivity between rooms?

The temporary job is taking more out of me then I hoped. But I'm still out here pushing my game dev skills. I've now have the 1st pass on generating dungeon, no walls, doors, props yet. just a few rooms and a test tileset #GameDev #IndieDev #godot