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Clive R. Neal

Clive R. Neal

@Prof_Clive_Neal

Geologist, Lunatic, Real Football Fan, Husband, Dad, Grandad, Long-Suffering Ipswich Town Fan, Chair Emeritus - LEAG & JOIDES Resolution Facility Board, #LGN

University of Notre Dame Katılım Eylül 2014
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Eric Berger@SciGuySpace·
Yikes. NASA couldn’t even complete a test of the SLS rocket’s ground system seal for liquid hydrogen because something else broke with the ground systems. And they wait until 8 pm ET Friday to send an update on something they knew last night. nasa.gov/blogs/missions…
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Jason Major@JPMajor·
16mm film footage captured from the Apollo 15 LM ascent stage during liftoff from the Hadley-Apennine lunar landing site on August 2, 1971
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Clive R. Neal@Prof_Clive_Neal·
@SciGuySpace This is what we need from the commercial sector. Love it! Go Blue!
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Eric Berger
Eric Berger@SciGuySpace·
Blue Origin CEO speaks on accelerating Artemis: “If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth, pun intended, to try to get to the Moon sooner. And I think we have some good ideas.” arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/…
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Clive R. Neal@Prof_Clive_Neal·
Thank you @SecDuffyNASA for your leadership in focusing us on the Moon, which is key for human exploration and commercial development through use of local resources. I'm looking forward to seeing the next steps that include VIPER to find the water ice at the poles. Go Irish!
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John Kraus
John Kraus@johnkrausphotos·
Falcon 9 transits the 100% full Moon during tonight’s 8:53:30pm ET launch of 21 Starlink satellites from Florida 🚀🌕
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Clive R. Neal@Prof_Clive_Neal·
@LauraForczyk If the new Administrator is serious about human permanence on our Moon (per our Space Policy) then VIPER has to fly. Understanding lunar volatile resources is critical for science, exploration, commerce, and the cislunar economy. VIPER is the critical pathfinder mission.
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Laura Seward Forczyk 🌙💫🚀@LauraForczyk·
Congress is not pleased with NASA's cancelation of VIPER. At an April 1st House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics hearing, members of Congress asked witnesses how NASA plans to get the lunar rover operating on the Moon. Watch to learn more: youtu.be/GrbzbAnwgHk
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The Legendary Real Radio Caroline
The Legendary Real Radio Caroline@TheRadCaroline·
Essex Police Marine Unit watching over Ross Revenge when they are on the Blackwater Estuary, and we are very grateful to them. The officers sometimes stop by for a cuppa and a chat. Here they are during one of their visits practising boarding & evacuation drills. @EssexPoliceUK
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Kris Zacny
Kris Zacny@kriszacny·
So happy to see LISTER drilling to 1 m on the Moon! We invented this technology back in 2007 and it took some time to get here. Thank you @NASA for supporting this technology development and selecting us for flight. Thank you @fireflyspace for smooth flight and landing!
NASA Marshall@NASA_Marshall

Do you know the temp of the Moon? 🌡️ NASA's LISTER is ready to drill into the mystery! Following @fireflyspace's #BGM1 Moon landing on March 2, LISTER began operations. Learn how this drill is determining the heat flow from the interior of the Moon >> go.nasa.gov/3DA4WZb

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NASA@NASA·
Your package is scheduled for delivery 📦 @fireflyspace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is set to land on the near side of the Moon on March 2 at 3:45am ET (0845 UTC) with NASA science and tech aboard. Watch the landing live with us! go.nasa.gov/4gKmzTJ
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Kris Zacny
Kris Zacny@kriszacny·
After 17 years of development we are closing on the Moon! Firefly’s BlueGhost will be touching down in a few weeks and then LISTER will start drilling to 3 m and taking thermal measurements! youtu.be/HC1t-HIZ4sk?si… via @YouTube
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A.C. Charania
A.C. Charania@ac_charania·
“First to See the Farside” - “Fifty six years ago today the crew of Apollo 8 -- Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders -- were the first humans to see the farside of the Moon, and to see the Earth from the Moon…From Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images and topography, the @NASA Scientific Visualization Studio produced a dramatic reconstruction of the exciting minutes surrounding the famous Earthrise event.” lroc.asu.edu/images/1390
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Dr. Paul van Susante
Dr. Paul van Susante@paulvans·
2024 has been a very busy year with lots of progress from an amazing team here at the @mtu_pstdl at @michigantech . Lunar excavation, construction and in-situ resource utilization is progressing nicely. In January we tested our
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Clive R. Neal@Prof_Clive_Neal·
#MYPLMORNING Henry and the missus ready for the game! We are also waiting for Ipswich - ManU - come on you Tractor Boys!
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Phil Metzger
Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill·
NASA **must** stop screwing around or the US will be many years behind China (re)landing on the Moon. You can pretend this won’t be a national humiliation “because this time we are returning to stay” or whatever slogan, but… 1/2
Casey Handmer@CJHandmer

It's been four years since my last post calling for the cancellation of the SLS, so I wrote an update. It's hard to keep up with @SciGuySpace and @Dr_ThomasZ also writing critical pieces in recent days. TL;DR: It's just as bad as it was, only now it costs twice as much.

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Phil Metzger
Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill·
Great video by @LauraForczyk on “Landing Starship HLS safely by understanding plume surface interactions.” (Laura was my intern at NASA one summer doing this research and later founded the successful space consulting business @Astralytical.) youtu.be/WZ9otiim5L4?si…
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Clive R. Neal@Prof_Clive_Neal·
@DrPhiltill This Op-Ed plus out the rationale for why VIPER is important on so many fronts.
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Phil Metzger
Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill·
On the cancellation of VIPER and why NASA needs to restore the mission. It is about whether the US and partnering Artemis nations cede leadership in lunar exploration to China. By @Prof_Clive_Neal, Dan Britt, Ryan Whitley, and myself. spacenews.com/nasas-cancella…
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