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Slava Ukraini 🌻 - πŸš€ Space enthusiast, model rocketeer, occasional amateur astrophotographer. My YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@alectrospace
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"You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy. β€˜With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.’” - Jean-Luc Picard

"Describe a favorite movie in the most misleading way possible." A man goes on an extended vacation but doesn't take any of his family with him.

Ever wondered what a rockets sound like in the vacuum of space? Thanks to @rocketlabcorp.com during their The Mountain God Guards mission, we now have an answer: "We use structure born vibe to recreate audio. Listen for stage sep, electric pumps spool up and ignition." -Peter Beck/X

Beautiful.

New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles πŸš€ has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected πŸ§ͺπŸ›°οΈ Open access, free to read & share

So... I missed out on about a quarter of Ferris Bueller's Day Off so I could launch the TTV rocket on its 5th flight. 😁 Incidentally the flight was 100% successful this time!

I think this is my favorite color scheme I've ever done on a model rocket. Say hello to the Alpha (an Estes kit).

I hate YouTube. Now that site is deactivating my adblocker every time I try to watch a video, and the ads it's showing are disgusting. UGH Hopefully the adblocker updates soon (it does so pretty frequently) so it can get around this problem.

Happy D-Day, everyone! youtu.be/NRbDLIXAp4o

concerned about the state of the world because of two powerful men fighting? doomscrolling again? stop. breathe. enjoy the universe for a brief moment

Hypothetical headline: Elon Musk Strands Astronauts on Space Station.

Today is a live-action version of the classic Looney Tunes trope of one character showing up with a cannon, the other showing up with a bigger cannon, etc.

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away