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Retired. Groks Orbital Mechanics, and stellar distances. Occasionally ponders - "Yes, but *where* did the dust for the accretion disk come from???" Lego, Pratchett, Banks, Single Malt, 2OO1 ASO, Tangerine Dream
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The crew of Apollo 14 found it difficult to sleep - partly due to the angle at which they landed. They felt they were slipping down into a crater, and Ed Mitchell would regularly lift the blinds to check they were not. Wonderful clarity in this small section of the full panorama.

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Just completed bookings for a trip to Iceland in June. But I am beginning to worry that POTUS and his military don't know the difference between that and Greenland... @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

58 Years Ago: #Apollo1 #AS204 The crew of #Apollo1 crossing the access arm to the CM-012 on the day of the fire, January 27, 1967. This is the last photo taken of them. (Photo signed by Walt Cunningham, Apollo 1 Backup Pilot) contactlight.de forallmankind.de

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@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Not a question intended to ease one's mental anguish, but are you aware of Wandrei’s "The Red Brain"?

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams

submitted 39 days ago • 74 comments

P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of #meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 40 days ago • 4 comments

Sergei Korolev, the designer of space victories, was born on January 12, 1907. #Korolev was behind the development and launching of #Sputnik-1, the first human Earth orbit mission by Gagarin on #Vostok LV, and a spacecraft with a promising future: #Soyuz contactlight.de

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Welcome! 🖖🤘

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

#LEGO Bluey sets announced for 2025! #Bluey

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Dark, dreary, day... News is full of nutters being nutters... No reason to lift one's eyes off of the shoelaces... Wait! Hold on! #LEGO has just announced the #Bluey licence?!?! WOW! Happy days are here again!!!

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Features of Adulthood xkcd.com/3034

submitted 47 days ago • 118 comments

3 de mes modèles LEGO de InSight sont prêts à partir : 📍à l'Institut de physique du globe de Paris @ipgp-planets.solarsystem.social où travaille Philippe Lognonné, le père de SEIS 📍au labo de planétologie et géosciences de Nantes. Je proposerai mon modèle aux particuliers dans l'année 😉 #lego #afol

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

X-odus complete

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What a horrible thought... Mary Whitehouse on social media...

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#uksnow 2/10 GU51

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Paging @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk and @rhi.bsky.social for a re-whatever.

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