Nathan Abramoff

If you're just seeing me again for the first time in a while, here's what I post about now: ‣ sci-fi ‣ space ‣ defense ‣ being a dad ‣ board games ‣ manufacturing ‣ the physical world ‣ unabashed optimism ‣ The United States of America

Katalyst has released new photos from LINK, the robot that's off to rescue Swift! First one is of LINK's solar arrays deployed, and second is its thrusters being tested. So far, so good. 🤞

@keaton_hare @bscholl @boomsupersonic Ohhh, makes so much sense! No yaw control from them then?

@natabr75 @bscholl @boomsupersonic Wide set skids for landing! More stable than a belly landing

Preliminary design of a Mach 1+ UAV for the Boom Prize

@Gabe_Brower @Xaraphim This is incredible - it'd be really cool to do this for a jet turbine as well, with parameters changing nozzle geometry and compressor ratios, that sort of thing. Is this all Fable?

@Xaraphim Obviously a lot less practical and trustworthy, but you can just ask Fable to program CFD! browertech.tplinkdns.com/physics/rocket…

these clankers are getting much better than I thought You can just link your models to OpenFoam lol.

I see a great opportunity to lowering launch costs - when will polymarket sponsor the first Transporter mission??

Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations. Last night’s strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping.

Degrowthers aren't stopping at terrestrial data centers but coming for orbital data centers as well - insane how much false info is being pushed as enviromental concerns spacenews.com/environmental-…

bad news: like everyone, terrorists can use AI good news: they might kill 18 of their own people, after asking AI to help them them learn to jump motorcycles over trenches in movie-inspired freestyle motorcross assaults

@pronounced_kyle @GrantObi Who’s building this

@GrantObi we need to invent new numbers

completely irresponsible use of this precious and non-renewable resource, and for what? internet??

Fun fact: we're about to run out of satellite ID numbers. Sputnik is 00001 — we're currently at 69847 — we run out at 69999 because 70000+ are reserved by NORAD.

@pronounced_kyle Man the 60s were a great time to be an engineer 😂 anything goes

@natabr75 Or we bring back Sea Dragon and get all the Great Lakes in on the fun too

We should establish an inland spaceport in the American West. All US spaceports today are coastal — meaning, within ~12 nm of intl. waters, or <60 seconds downrange for a ship/sub-based missile. In peacetime, this allows for easy surveillance, both of national security rocket launches and the sites themselves. And in wartime, our launch sites might not survive the first minute of a major conflict. Part 1 of the solution is to do what China has done: establish inland launch sites that are further from international borders and therefore easier to defend. Part 2 of the solution is to do the *opposite* of what China has done: America should not fly experimental missions over land, or drop rockets full of hypergolic fuel onto rural villages. Inland launch sites should only be used for (1) reusable rockets that (2) have a track record of success. America needs a launch pad in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, or Montana, and landing pads ~500 km north and/or east. We already have similar infrastructure that exists today (White Sands, UTTR, NTTR, Spaceport America). Adding one more such site would secure our access to space even on a very bad day.

@rmcentush Cyberpunk-romanticism

what is this aesthetic called? sort of a vaporwave + statue-twitter + neoclassical minimalism

Big news for the USSF as Relativity and Impulse were added to NSSL. Impulse is the first non launch vehicle to join NSSL - a great sign that the Space Force is buying orbital delivery capability and not just rockets Congrats to both companies! ssc.spaceforce.mil/Newsroom/Artic…

@pronounced_kyle @MTSlive Talking about space warfare while holding your baby is true American dynamism

Going on @MTSlive in 5 minutes, tune in! My 6 month old daughter may make a guest appearance... x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The LONG list of satellites on tomorrow's Transporter-17 launch has been updated to include all the known details @ community.libre.space/t/transporter-… Great job by the site admins!

Never mind 😭

USA USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸

If anyone else is curious about what the payloads are (unconfirmed): forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topi…