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@Velocity_Photos Not quite, couldn’t get that close until later, so no VAB, and went for horizontal instead of vertical… but similar idea :-)
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bro @johnkrausphotos please tell me you recreated this shot, please 🥺🥺🥺
John Kraus@johnkrausphotos
Artemis II, humanity’s first mission to the Moon since 1972, is poised to roll to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center tomorrow morning. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
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This behemoth machine is carrying the Artemis 2 Moon rocket out to the launch pad. It carried the Shuttles I launched in too. A massive, clanking crawler and skilled crew, taking infinite care.
Watch live: youtube.com/live/nrVnsO_rd…
@NASA
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Reid Wiseman@astro_reid
Scale
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Another banger, this time from Eric Berger
perigeeaero.shop@Orbital_Perigee
Real Quote from the Astro Awards
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did the same thing for my girlfriend (now fiancee)… made an app for her and now it makes $5,000/month
The Boring Marketer@boringmarketer
he vibe codes a website for his girlfriend, now they have a business. one of the coolest things I've read in a while
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@asingleoat @peteoxenham It was the +40% longer print time that got me 😂 That said though, the hexagons do look cooler.
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the intersection of vibecoding and 3D printing looks exactly as expected
Wes Bos@wesbos
I spent $2.80 on claude to have it modify an openscad script to add hexagon holes The idea was it would save $$ on filament, which ended up being 25 cents
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Welcome to the Artemis Accords, Portugal! 🇵🇹
One of America's oldest allies has joined this growing coalition of nations committed to safe, transparent, and peaceful exploration of space.
This 60th signing strengthens the Artemis alliance, ignites more opportunities for transatlantic collaboration, and helps build the orbital and lunar economy.
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CS-100 Houston Mono™ Typeface Specimens
Unbound 12 SpectraEtch™ Prints
ISBN: 978-1-970994-00-1
$47.50 + Shipping (US, Canada, Europe)
URL: usgraphics.com/catalog/CS-100
Qty 17 available. Link in the comments.
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in 2024, russia reportedly tried to ship naval nuclear reactor components to north korea. that vessel, the ursa major, was — allegedly — sunk before it arrived. right now, north korean missiles can’t reliably hit the us, and we can see launches coming. north korea with nuclear submarines would change that calculus entirely.
this kind of shadow logistics isn’t unique. the bella 1 was moving from iran toward venezuela under a different name while spoofing its location, then abruptly turned around and declared itself russian. over the past few days, us aircraft have been scanning the north atlantic, and rumors of boarding teams staging in europe have been circulating. now it appears russia has sent a submarine to escort the ship, with a fleet waiting in russian waters.
and in the backdrop, america is insisting it needs greater control over greenland for national security reasons. interesting times.
OSINTdefender@sentdefender
Russia has deployed a submarine and other naval assets to the Northern Atlantic in order to escort the formally Guyana-flagged Iranian-linked sanctioned crude oil tanker, Bella 1 - now the Russian-flagged, Marinera - to its apparent intended destination in Northern Russia, according to a U.S. official who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.
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@exitsenses There's a lot to learn from the weekly videos by blancolirio over a morning coffee before work in the morning.
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One thing Americans and Russians have in common that no other major military power does, is a well-maintained fully-analog set of reserve equipment that lacks electronics and cannot be taken out by EMP. These include steam locomotives, battleships, etc.
𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇@pr0ud_americans
Imagine cruising down the highway and seeing this rolling up next to you...😎 Totally badass!!!💥
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I love offices like these. Lived in, with ideas all around you.
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How’s this for a way to start the new year!? Enjoying London’s fireworks at 1,500 feet above the city and a pass right over Heathrow.
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Imagery collected by Vantor’s WorldView-3 satellite about 1 day after the anomaly shows that @starlink Satellite 35956 is largely intact. The 12-cm resolution image was collected over Alaska from 241 km away. We appreciate the rapid response by @vantortech to provide this imagery. Additional data suggest that there is a small number of trackable debris objects from the event, and we expect the satellite and debris to reenter and fully demise within weeks.
Starlink@Starlink
On December 17, Starlink experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956, resulting in loss of communications with the vehicle at 418 km. The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major axis by about 4 km, and the release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects. SpaceX is coordinating with the @USSpaceForce and @NASA to monitor the objects. The satellite is largely intact, tumbling, and will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and fully demise within weeks. The satellite's current trajectory will place it below the @Space_Station, posing no risk to the orbiting lab or its crew. As the world’s largest satellite constellation operator, we are deeply committed to space safety. We take these events seriously. Our engineers are rapidly working to root cause and mitigate the source of the anomaly and are already in the process of deploying software to our vehicles that increases protections against this type of event.
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