Adam Paul

Godspeed Lynk Tower 7

A final calm evening. Tomorrow, two satellites I helped create will leave earth.

@Farshchi The robotics to do this though are way behind where they need to be. A lot of space robotics development is way behind the rest of the space industries progression. I’m working on fixing that.

@adampaulastro Yes they will pave the way for the robots

The only humans sent to space ought to be tourists Robots should be doing all the science/mining/building/etc

Changing active propulsion requirement from 400 to 600km is an extremely welcome change. Original proposal was extremely restrictive for no obvious benefit. Canadian satellites in LEO are a very small fraction of total sats, restrictive laws just hurt the companies instead of actually addressing debris concerns.

A balancing act – ISED publishes new rules for space debris mitigation 🇨🇦 – Canada’s satellite licensing framework just received a major update The finalized decision represents a balancing act for the federal government. While ISED has modernized Canada’s space debris regulations to protect critical low Earth orbit (LEO) environments, it revised its initial proposals following pushback from some domestic satellite operators and the academic space sector. spaceq.ca/a-balancing-ac… #SpaceDebris #SatelliteIndustry #SpaceSustainability #ISED #SpacePolicy #NewSpace #LEO #SpaceQ #CanadaSpace

@Blobifie Bad for spaceflight fans but good for a customer focused product. Ask a random person on the street how to spell kuiper and they will not get it right

The mission controll girl almost called them kuipers twice 😭😭 The "Kuiper" to "LEO" rebrand has gotta be up there as on of the top 10 worst spaceflight related rebrands in history

@CoHPhasor All 3d printed with a custom PCB. It’s my own design but I’ll be writing up a blog post soon with links for all the parts and how to assemble. 3 way switch would have been good, didn’t need it for this version but would be a nice upgrade

@adampaulastro very cool! 3D printed? Ready-made parts? Instructable? My one feedback would be to use a 3-way switch instead, so there is an option for "close". (Yes, Im sure you have the default behavior as being closed, but if sonething is wrong, etc, manual control is best.)

Finishing up this project. 6 assembled blast gates for my dad’s workshop. Manual control as well as home assistant connectivity. These gates control airflow for the dust collection system

@spacejellyalert No jellyfish in Virginia but did catch the stages as they went past

Worth looking out for this one if it goes on time tonight - possibility of a jellyfish, but no guarantees.

@GrantObi IIRC the EVA was also only a stand-up EVA because they were seriously worried about mmod hitting the suit and used the capsule as a shield. Lunar suit doesn’t have that luxury

Here's how to think about it. The EVA suit on Polaris Dawn was part of Dragon. Life support, power, comms, etc. flow through Dragon. To build a true EVA suit, the suit must handle all of that. You're basically building a small spaceship. It's a real step up.

@AlwynV5 @Alexphysics13 And now it’s years later and there’s a second scathing report. Feels like you could see this coming…

@adampaulastro @Alexphysics13 NASA needed to meet Artemis timelines and was just coming off a scathing audit by OIG about xEVA. They thought that providing their partial designs to a private company could help them control costs and meet their delivery deadlines. They were over-optimistic.

From the report’s findings: “Based on our analysis, if Axiom experiences design and testing delays in line with the historical average for recent space flight programs, the Artemis and ISS demonstrations may not occur until 2031.”

@thejackbeyer Watched it launch from Vandenburg, Incredible sight! It’s amazing how it turns night into day, and how something so powerful can feel so routine.

I love living in the second space age. It finally feels like the future.

@hyprturing I forced myself to finish green mars. It’s not bad but really slogs along at times. Never found the motivation to start blue mars.

i don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who has finished green mars or even started blue mars. there might be no one in the whole world who’s done it

@TechSpatiales How does the crew get out in an Apollo 1 scenario?

On oublie souvent qu'il y a 2 trappes d'accès à Orion. La trappe intérieure qui est la vraie trappe d'Orion. Et la trappe extérieure qui permet de passer à travers la protection thermique blanche qui sera éjectée à 100km d'altitude.

@johnkrausphotos What a great day for Canada, and therefore the world

Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen

@StormSilvawalk1 This looks really cool! Whats your propellant combo?

As many have asked, I’ve been developing a liquid rocket engine based on a novel propellant cycle. It offers improved thermodynamic control, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and enabling greater use of polymers and composite materials in engine construction.

@somefoundersalt Carcinization but your human spaceflight architecture always becomes a moon base

“We should build a moon base” “Actually, let’s not go back to the Moon. Mars or bust” “Wait no, let’s do an asteroid” “Actually, back to the Moon. Except we don’t land and build a space station” “Maybe we use the space station to stage landers?” “We should build a moon base”

@Yrouel86 Gateway was a good place to look for international partnerships, the modular nature makes it fairly easy to work with other space agencies. Will be interesting to see if gateway agencies want to roll their commitment into the new base.

@adampaulastro Gateway premise of politically joining various entities in the effort was a good idea, it's just that the effort should've been directed to a Moon base from the get go. I'm glad Isaacman is turning the ship around and effectively rebuilding NASA

I had so many discussions where various clowns scoffed at the idea of focusing Gateway resources on a Moon base instead. It's so vindicating having the NASA Administrator speak such common sense in front of everyone relevant to the effort. I'm beyond happy for this new NASA