Lisa Stojanovski

@Erdayastronaut @maxpolyakov and @ashleevance !! Make it happen!

We’re expanding our programming for the next live Astro Awards, January 25/26 in Austin, TX. Tag someone you want to see on a panel, a debate or give a keynote?

@ChrisDMarshall @thespacemike @SpaceX @elonmusk SpaceX isn’t a public company, so the above Grok answer would only apply to Tesla right?

Pretty good answer from Grok Answer Yes, the government can seize assets of a public company due to actions by a majority owner under certain conditions, primarily through the mechanisms of criminal or civil forfeiture: Criminal Forfeiture: If the majority owner of a public company is convicted of a crime where the company's assets were used to facilitate that crime, or if those assets were derived from illegal activities, the government can target these assets for forfeiture. This process requires proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime occurred and that the property in question is linked to that crime. The property itself isn't on trial, but rather, it's the person's interest in that property which can be forfeited as part of the sentencing if convicted. Civil Forfeiture: In this case, the property itself is considered the offender, not the owner. If it can be shown by a preponderance of evidence (less stringent than "beyond a reasonable doubt") that the company's assets were involved in criminal activity, the government might move to seize these assets without a criminal conviction against the owner. This could apply if the majority owner's actions involved the company's assets in illegal schemes, even if only the property is "charged" rather than the individual. However, there are several considerations: Third Party Interests: If parts of the public company's assets are not directly linked to the criminal activities or if there are innocent third-party interests (like minority shareholders or creditors), these might be protected or have a chance to claim their stake in any forfeiture proceedings. Public Company Dynamics: Seizing assets from a public company could be more complicated due to shareholder rights, corporate governance laws, and the need to maintain the company's operational integrity which serves public interest or employment. Legal Challenges: The actions of the majority owner might not always directly translate into asset seizure if those actions were personal and separate from company operations. However, if the company's resources, assets, or operations were used in illegal activities orchestrated by the owner, this connection could justify asset seizure. Due Process: Any seizure would need to follow due process, giving the company and interested parties opportunities to contest the forfeiture. This includes the right to petition the court, which is a fundamental right ensuring that grievances against the government's actions can be addressed legally. In practice, while the government has the legal tools to seize assets in such scenarios, the application often involves navigating complex legal landscapes, respecting corporate structures, and ensuring that constitutional rights are upheld, especially regarding due process and protections against excessive fines under the Eighth Amendment. The specifics would heavily depend on the nature of the crime, the direct involvement of the company's assets, and judicial oversight. Public companies might also have additional layers of legal protection due to their broader impact on the economy and public interest.

Is there a serious threat to @spaceX and @elonmusk that the federal government or california will try to seize their assets and shut them down? I'm sure some folks want to, but how seriously should those threats be taken? I'm not sure the implications are understood by all.

I’ve been doing “music in space” workshops and research and, as you may expect, there are extra challenges to how you hold necks, press strings, and create friction.@Cmdr_Hadfield talks about all of the “buzzing and popping” that occurs when he tries playing guitar in space. It’s not possible to hold the guitar to your body easily either, so the feeling is totally different… you don’t get that lovely acoustic vibration in your chest. Since violin is clutched at the chin/shoulder, it has an extra advantage over other instruments, but I have to assume there are challenges to pushing down with the bow on the strings…. This is why I’m obsessed with the music gloves or other wearable instruments that can flow with the environment and the free floating body! Can’t wait to see what new tools we create to make music specifically for that environment!

@dmasten Vyvanse can do awful things if taken by people who don’t need it. Why do you think controls should be loosened?

My most across-the-aisle political opinion is that Vyvanse should be over the counter. And by across the aisle I mean the left will hate it because it’s non-egalitarian and the right will hate it because under-regulated “speed”.

@DrPhiltill I hope Blue picks it up. Or ULA

NASA should at least find a company willing to take over Starliner and run its operations, like ULA took over flight operations for Atlas & Delta rockets from Boeing & Lockheed. The operator should work towards a commercialization plan.

Boeing is incurring a huge loss on Starliner, but I wonder if they’d consider selling the IP and hardware to Sierra, Rocket Lab, Relativity, Firefly or Northrop for cheap. Would need a ton of work to fix the issues but a huge shortcut in dev for those companies. Is that possible?

@SpaceKate Someone should make an AI to color the nighttime video 😂

@LisaStoj This is a good answer. Kate is only half awake… muppet 😳

Black and White Sands. Why no colour video? #Starliner

@wendoverpro Can we get a Logistics of Jet Lag covering the planning, testing, finding a place to sleep etc etc. like, how do you go pee when you’re being chased?!

thinking about logistics rn

@NASASpaceflight @Alexphysics13 Haha I bet the simple solution is change their licence to hard landing on barge, then it can’t be called a mishap. And if they land it cleanly, just a bonus.

Hearing the issue is a relatively easy resolution (not engine/landing leg hardware-related).

Had to add one more for my vision

A quick behind the scenes look at how we setup portraits of ourselves peering out of a Dragon window into the stars from Starliner's cockpit window.

I wasn’t prepared for this timeline

I tried really hard to like it… but this week absolutely ruined it for me. Bad Star Wars.

@rookisaacman is that you up in the air buzzing YC this evening?! *waves*

@Cathrinmachin You and your husband need to go to your local Congressperson. USCIS won’t help you.

It got worse! Found out to reopen my case it’ll likely take 9 months to process AND I’ll loose the ability to work in the USA AND I can’t travel outside of the USA All b/c they forgot to tell me about an interview 😭 If this isn’t punishment for applying legally - what is?!

USCIS denied my US visa b/c I didn’t turn up to an interview… that they FORGOT to tell me about! It’s going to cost $800 to review the case… & we wonder why people don’t want to come here legally. 😵‍💫

There is no emergency situation going on aboard the International Space Station. At approximately 5:28 p.m. CDT, audio was aired on the NASA livestream from a simulation audio channel on the ground indicating a crew member was experiencing effects related to decompression sickness (DCS). This audio was inadvertently misrouted from an ongoing simulation where crew members and ground teams train for various scenarios in space and is not related to a real emergency. The International Space Station crew members were in their sleep period at the time. All remain healthy and safe, and tomorrow’s spacewalk will start at 8 a.m. EDT as planned.

They have landed, but let's see in what state the lander is. This is the first US soft landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in Dec 1972.

My entire career, it's been received wisdom that Mars was the hardest place to land in the solar system. The 7 minutes of terror, the EDL demon, etc. But the moon is reminding us today that no space landing is easy. Even "just" DDL is still unbelievably hard to get right!