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Nuclear engi-theatre-politi-nerd. I work on spacecraft, missiles, and keeping my 3 kids alive another day. If you can pronounce "nuclear" correctly, we can be friends.
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Oh, yeah, this administration is DEFINITELY based on merit and the best, most qualified individuals for the job. DEFINITELY not just who can sufficiently suck up...

The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision… Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter. If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.

As they complain about scientific journals, they make up fake ones to push non-existent, dangerous science and medicine. This would be funny if it weren't so existentially scary...

"The Story of The Atomic Airplane": 13 hours of first-hand presentations and interviews from the team that did the nuclear-powered aircraft project in the 1950s, now digitized and online thanks to Dr. Jake Hecla! whatisnuclear.com/the-story-of...

If you happen to live near Howard County, Maryland, and you enjoy live theatre... Consider coming to our production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! #livetheatre #onstage #HCST

This. This is the natural progression from the thought that "only Americans can be smart". Basic science and the search for knowledge can't have borders, can't have partisanship.

I usually agree with #NDT, but I'm not sure I do here. I'll grant the first. The second, though, might be better said that we live in a country with an education and (or?) political system that feeds a belief that everyone is the "Main Character™️" and everyone else is out to get them...

Every episode of The Pitt I watch makes me think of Jimmy Valvano's ESPY speech... "If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day."

This DEFINITELY won't lead to someone dying. Definitely....

Yet another short-sighted decision. Breaking a lease you likely can't break will lead to suits and $$. Remote work for scientists used to lab and office work. The possible loss of decades worth of incredible scientific discovery. Deplorable. www.axios.com/2025/05/17/t...

Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...

A team at Johns Hopkins APL has developed an AI-powered framework that spots defects in 3D-printed titanium parts before they form. This breakthrough could transform how we build aerospace and defense hardware. jhuapl.link/a08

Pretty cool that I've got a small part to play in getting a nuclear-powered octo-copter to one or Saturn's moons. On Dragonfly! www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Bribary in PLANE sight. I'll see myself out...

@theanthonydavis.bsky.social, love your podcast with @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social! #uncovered. Most recent one, tho, I think you guys missed something. When Elon was talking about the sun, he meant we'd die by the sun expanding, not roasting by climate change. Elon was off by a few billion years 🤣

When asked if the United States should have a military parade to show off its might, President Eisenhower responded: “Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”

Unbelievable morons. www.npr.org/2025/05/03/n...

Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.

With all of the 💩 going on in our world, sometimes I just go watch Whose Line is it Anyway. This, by far, is my favorite clip from the show... youtu.be/wBzwv057GPs?...

#booksky

NASA’s #DragonflyMission, set to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, has passed its Critical Design Review. Led by APL and supported by U.S. industry, government and academic partners, Dragonfly is ready for the next phase and will launch in 2028. jhuapl.link/6a3

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Yep, THIS will never come back to bite us...

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.