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@RepBrianBabin Your precious ICE Nazis are still working and have funding. Your Jesus replacement is actively trying to kill FEMA. The Coast Guard is your ONLY valid point.

The Democrat shutdown isn’t just about airports. It’s cutting off resources for FEMA, the Coast Guard, and federal law enforcement. That means weaker border security and slower emergency response. This is reckless.

@RaZ3us @SciGuySpace The point is manual control capability period. There are a number of scenarios, in gravity environments and out of, that it can save the mission or lives. And you don’t have minutes all of the time in microgravity, that’s pretty shortsighted to say that, speaking of ignorance…

Comparing Starliner’s microgravity orbital docking to a Starship propulsive lunar landing is engineering ignorance. In orbit, you drift; you have minutes to manually react to a failed RCS thruster. In a gravity well descent, you have milliseconds. A human with a joystick cannot calculate and execute the thrust asymmetry corrections needed to save a 1,200-ton falling ship. In that specific contingency, software is your only survival mechanism. A human pilot just rides it into the ground.

NASA and SpaceX fought over this issue with Dragon a decade ago. Now, Starship. “There is disagreement between NASA and SpaceX on whether the provider’s current proposed approach for landing meets the intent of the Agency’s manual control requirement." arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/…

@RaZ3us @SciGuySpace Butch and Suni would be dead if NASA had not forced Boeing to have manual control capability on Starliner. The requirement isn’t there for nominal ops, it’s there for contingencies.

Demanding manual control to land a 150-foot steel skyscraper on the Moon is a romanticized death wish. NASA is clinging to the Apollo-era joystick fantasy, while SpaceX is building a physics-first transport system. Human reaction times cannot manage complex, multi-engine retro-propulsion at that scale. It’s a battle between bureaucratic nostalgia and pure software math. Software has to win.

@AskSynchrony It helps clarify that my credit can be hit by any random person submitting an application because you don’t bother to verify identity until the damage is done. So you’ve found a way to defeat fraud prevention services.

@Thax When submitting an application, we utilize all 4 major credit bureaus and this results in a hard inquiry. We are unable to make changes to our application process. We hope this helps clarify! ~MR

@AskSynchrony interesting that you would do a hard credit check, dinging credit scores for 2 years, but then deny credit because you could not verify identity. Sounds pretty legally questionable, and would encourage people to apply for credit in other people’s names as an attack

@AskSynchrony An application was made. Hard credit check received. Application denied because there was a failure in identity verification. Shouldn’t identity verification be done first? I’m no longer interested because due to the time crunch my spouse got it done instead. I want the ding gone

@Thax consideration for possibly granting an account. For reference, we utilize all 4 major credit bureaus and an application will result in a hard inquiry. We hope this helps! If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! -EK (3 of 3)

@RepBrianBabin Weird, because they tried to get a clean bill through for TSA, but you see to want to burn it all down if you can’t get your way.

🚨 Reminder: Democrats’ reckless DHS shutdown is now in its 24th day.

@RepBrianBabin “Bored of Peace” We have so many useless congressional reps just like you who have no interest in asserting the responsibilities of Congress

A sigh of relief for Americans, Iranians, and people around the world. America doesn’t wait for permission to defend itself; under Article II the President has the duty and authority to protect this nation. The Ayatollahs’ reign is OVER.

@dumbjakeworld @TF_Moments Oh no; we’re 14% of the way through the year and something I want that was less popular than a different announced thing hasn’t been publicly announced yet, it must’ve been forgotten!

As an update to my earlier post. - The ICPS helium bottles are used to purge the engines, as well as for LH2 and LOX tank pressurization. The systems did work correctly during WDR1 and WDR2. - Last evening, the team was unable to get helium flow through the vehicle. This occurred during a routine operation to repressurize the system. - We observed a similar failure signature on Artemis I. - The Artemis II vehicle is in a safe configuration, using ground ECS purge for the engines versus the onboard helium supply. - Potential faults could include the final filter between the ground and flight vehicle, located on the umbilical, though this seems least likely based on the failure signature. It could also be a failed QD umbilical interface, where similar issues have been observed. It could also be a failed check valve onboard the vehicle, which would be consistent with Artemis I, though corrective actions were taken to minimize reoccurrence on Artemis II. Regardless of the potential fault, accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB. As mentioned previously, we will begin preparations for rollback, and this will take the March launch window out of consideration. I understand people are disappointed by this development. That disappointment is felt most by the team at NASA, who have been working tirelessly to prepare for this great endeavor. During the 1960s, when NASA achieved what most thought was impossible, and what has never been repeated since, there were many setbacks. One historic example is that Neil Armstrong spent less than 11 hours in space on Gemini 8 before his mission ended prematurely due to a technical issue. A little over three years later, he became the first man to walk on the Moon. There are many differences between the 1960s and today, and expectations should rightfully be high after the time and expense invested in this program. I will say again, the President created Artemis as a program that will far surpass what America achieved during Apollo. We will return in the years ahead, we will build a Moon base, and undertake what should be continuous missions to and from the lunar environment. Where we begin with this architecture and flight rate is not where it will end. Please expect a more extensive briefing later this week as we outline the path forward, not just for Artemis II, but for subsequent missions, to ensure NASA meets the President’s vision to return to the Moon and, this time, to stay.

@RepBrianBabin @POTUS Do you hate your job? You’re so desperate for Congress to not actually fulfill its role. “I think this is unfair” is not an emergency, and it was always disingenuous to claim so. Kavanaugh is in the Trump’s pocket and I assume the vote rental payments are still flowing to Thomas

Once again, the Supreme Court of the United States undercut @POTUS by blocking a key tool for holding unfair trade partners accountable. Disappointing to see John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett & Neil Gorsuch side with the left. Grateful for Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, & Brett Kavanaugh standing firm. theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-cou…

@JDVance The only reason we’re here is because you’ve loudly shown that you don’t actually care for needy Americans.

What the Democrats are doing on the government shutdown is genuinely unprecedented, and while the administration has shielded the American people from the worst of the consequences, all of this is coming, and soon: An aviation emergency that will lead to significant travel delays for all Americans. Food stamp and other assistance programs running out for needy Americans. Great strains on our military and national security. The shutdown has now passed from farce into tragedy, and the consequences of this national emergency fall on every senator and congressman who refuses to open the government.

The Goin Band out at Raiderville is a vibe for real

Pathetic. Casada is profoundly corrupt.

What color is Alderaan? Blew

Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas. But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community. It was standing room only.

My sister-in-law’s husband was a great @gamestop manager. He knew the metrics and pushes, and would read people and speak to them in a way that might get the add-ons or preorders, but not harassing. This guy acted annoyed the entire time. Maybe this location’s time is just done.

Then, he rings it up, and pushes 3 times on buying a protection plan. NO. Then he says “well, I need to see if I can find it in the back.” I finally just left. He’d wasted my time and harassed me forever and still hadn’t delivered. Purchased down the road at Best Buy.

I keep trying to support my local @gamestop occasionally (Webster Plaza), but I’m probably done. Today, I assume the store manager on a zoom call when I arrive with a district leader. Talk about loss prevention, team challenges, customer service issues, etc. Finally hangs up…