Brian Anderson

Hey @JonAcuff I’m sad that you’re not doing Finish calendars in 2025. Those things are awesome. Thanks for doing them in the past.

For the #Artemis III mission, @NASA_Orion will dock with @SpaceX's Starship HLS, which will carry astronauts to the lunar surface. Docking procedures and testing are already underway as we continue developing innovations to return humans to the Moon.

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I saw this picture online today. I loved the photo, but I didn’t like the message. I disagreed with it so much that I stopped scrolling and immediately wrote down my issue. We have a weird belief in our culture that says 3 unhelpful things: “Do it while you’re young! It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity!” “Don’t grow up, it’s a trap,” as if when you hit your 30s the fun parts of life are over. You must choose between joy or responsibility. It’s either make money or make memories, but you certainly can’t do both at the same time. Those are all busted ideas in their own ways, but together they put tremendous pressure on people in their 20s. I remember being 25, standing in a Blockbuster video on a Saturday night and thinking, “I must be doing it wrong. I was told my 20s would be the ‘time of my life’ but they’re kind of lonely and confusing. Is everyone else having an amazing time, but me?” This simple social media post probably hit me so hard because my daughters are 20 and 18. They’re about to head into the “dream decade” and I’m not a huge fan of what the world is telling them right now. I’m 48 years old and I have some good news for you: 1. The Grand Tetons are still open in your 30s and 40s. I have a sneaking suspicion they let you visit them when you’re in your 50s too. Same goes for Europe. If you didn’t get to take a semester abroad when you were 21, they still let you visit. 2. Traveling with your own kids is awesome, too. Your joy is multiplied by the unabashed enthusiasm of a 6-year-old who is seeing their first mountain. You think seeing a moose is an exciting experience at 27? Try seeing one with your son or daughter. 3. I like my 40s better than my 30s. It’s true. I also liked my 30s better than my 20s. I think my 50s are going to be awesome, too. Don’t even get me started on how dope my 60s are going to be. If you pursue wisdom, the older you get the better you know yourself and enjoy yourself. One of my random beliefs is that you should take your honeymoon a year after you get married not 10 minutes after you get married. You don’t even know how to vacation together yet. Why take the most luxurious vacation you’ll go on for a decade when you don’t really even know how to be a married couple yet? With a year under your belt, you’d love that trip infinitely more. 4. Anyone who tells you being an adult is boring is doing it wrong. Never take advice from unhappy adults. Being an adult is a blast! Also, side note, don’t wear shirts that say, “I can’t adult today” like adult is a bad word. It’s the best word if you do it right. 5. You don’t have to choose between joy and responsibility. It’s not easy to pull off both, but when has excellence ever been easy? When you accomplish this rare feat of building your life AND enjoying your life at the same exact time, your life is magical. Send this email to a Gen Z you know. They’re not going to read it because they don’t do email, so maybe show them how old you really are and print it out. On paper, that doesn’t expand or scroll. With a staple. Made of metal. Enjoy your 20s. Enjoy your 80s. Enjoy every decade in between. If you want a guide to do that, read this: amzn.to/45znFgm Jon (I wrote this for my free newsletter, the “Try This!” Sign up today to get ideas just like this, twice a month. Acuff.me/newsletter)

Noah Lyles with a POWERFUL message after winning his first Olympic gold medal 👏🏅

@cooltechtipz We actually use a step similar to this to pack the Orion main parachutes.

NASA is looking for you, Mrs.!!!

I spy a docking camera in the second picture!

@hvworlton This story is awesome

1/ When my youngest was 11, I "snuck" him into a regional women's leadership meeting in Tacoma. Elder Stevenson was speaking. (We were coming home from my sister's baby shower, and figured out a way for me to be at the meeting, too.) He was actually excited to go. So, we ran into

RT if your team is still dancin' 🕺 #MarchMadness

We're getting ready to take Orion for a spin 🚀 On #Artemis II, astronauts will pilot the Orion spacecraft for the first time. Learn more about this first test, called the proximity operations demonstration, when Orion's crew will take the reins: go.nasa.gov/4amk8E1

@StuartMcclung @RODEOHOUSTON 😳

A bit stormy ⁦@RODEOHOUSTON⁩ this afternoon! Beer and a big tent. We’re all good!

Those parachute riser covers look pretty familiar!

As a general rule, if you believe *everything* your political party says, you are an idiot

I have wept in the night At my shortness of sight That to others' needs made me blind, But I never have yet Had a twinge of regret For being a little too kind. C.R. Gibson

Great year of football @UW_Football! Underdogs all year round, but you made it happen.

1.4 million miles and still travelling. The Orion crew module that flew to the Moon and back on #Artemis I is preparing to go to NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio, where engineers will verify Orion will keep crew safe during an abort. nasa.gov/image-article/…

Mach 2 OPENFOAM simulation of Santa and his reindeer Lemme just put this in layman's terms: I'm concerned about Santa here

😂😂😂😂

@JeremyBranham That I’m not a Yankees fan

As a Houston sports fan, what do you have to be thankful for?

Yes. This is the most common question I would get when I talked to people about Orion parachutes. “Haven’t we already done parachutes?” Parachutes are hard.