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Whew! 🖥️ X / Elon Musk

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Neotame, a potent artificial sweetener, is widely found in popular US disposable e-cigarettes, raising concerns about increased youth appeal and potential health risks. ja.ma/3T4K9kE #MedSky

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Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill “Dedicates almost $10 billion to win the new space race with China and ensure America dominates space. Makes targeted, critical investments in Mars-forward technology, Artemis Missions and Moon to Mars program, and the International Space Station.”

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The head of NASA’s second largest contractor is threatening to decommission the only U.S. spacecraft currently certified to carry humans to and from the International Space Station and low Earth orbit. 🖥️ X / Elon Musk

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The Trump/Musk feud intensifies. 🖥️ X / Elon Musk

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WSJ: Senate Republicans working on plan to protect some NASA programs from proposed White House budget cuts, including Artemis and International Space Station. "The space agency is rudderless at the moment, caught between President Trump and Elon Musk’s fraying relationship..."

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Elon Musk reposts Trump's initial praise of Jared Isaacman... six months before the president rescinded the commercial space pioneer's nomination for NASA administrator. 🖥️ X / Elon Musk

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POTUS on Elon Musk's government contracts 🖥️ Truth Social / Donald J. Trump

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open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... #autism #leucovorin

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WSJ on POTUS rescinding pick for NASA administrator: “The decision infuriated Musk, who complained to associates over the weekend that he had donated hundreds of millions of dollars to help get Trump elected in last year’s campaign, only to see Isaacman’s nomination pulled…”

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An inexpensive generic drug may improve language and social skills for some children with #autism. I had a wonderful time in Phoenix meeting 5-year-old Oron and talking with his mom and neurologist about his experimental treatment with #leucovorin.

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Here Via #ThePlanetarySociety is a dashboard that shows the Science Spending NASA does in each state. dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science...

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The Axiom Mission 4 crew members plan to announce the name of their new SpaceX Dragon capsule once they're on orbit. At this morning's presser, they hinted it's related to their microgravity indicator, Joy the swan. #Ax4 🖥️ Axiom Space press telebriefing

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Axiom Mission 4 astronauts now targeting 8:22 a.m. ET launch on June 10 (was originally June 8). The crew revealed their microgravity indicator — a swan named Joy. #Ax4 🖥️ Axiom Space press telebriefing

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OMB Technical Supplement shows the impact of the proposed budget on NASA’s workforce from 2025 to 2026: 🧑‍🚀 Exploration 3,331 ⬇️ 3,194 🧪 Science 2,841 ⬇️ 1,441 🚀 Space Ops 2,351 ⬇️ 1,588 ⚛️ STEM Engagement 49 ⬇️ 0 NASA budget begins on page 997: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Statement from NASA press secretary following President Trump’s decision to rescind his nomination of Jared Isaacman to head the space agency 🖥️ X / Bethany Stevens

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Tech entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman responds graciously as President Trump withdraws his nomination for NASA administrator. 🖥️ X

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NASA's previous administrator, Sen. Bill Nelson, described America's space agency as "bipartisan" and "non-partisan." But the culture is changing. Here's President Trump's statement on his decision to withdraw Jared Isaacman's nomation for NASA administrator. 🖥️ Truth Social

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New York Times on NASA administrator shakeup: “Mr. Trump told associates he intended to yank Mr. Isaacman’s nomination after learning that he had donated to prominent Democrats…” White House statement to FOX News below:

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Amid backdrop of budget cuts, NASA leadership in question

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NASA budget request goes big on human spaceflight, but cancels many science programs www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budg...

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FAA requires SpaceX to conduct mishap investigation into anomaly during 9th Starship test flight

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“If we achieve orbital refilling in time, then we will launch the first uncrewed Starship to Mars at the end of next year.” Elon Musk predicts Optimus robots arrive on red planet 2027, followed by first humans in 2028. Expeditions would involve 1,000+ ships — a “Battlestar Galactica feel.” 🖥️ SpaceX

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A genetic base editing technique to interrupt CAG repeats associated with Huntington’s disease shows DNA repeat tracts that underwent single-letter edits stayed the same length, or even shortened, over time. Broad Institute researchers have published their findings in Nature Genetics.

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FAA statement: "The FAA is aware an anomaly occurred during the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mission that launched on Tuesday, May 27, from Starbase, Texas, and is actively working with SpaceX on the event. There are no reports of public injury or damage to public property at this time."

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SpaceX says a leak in-flight has caused Starship to lose attitude control. The spacecraft is in a suborbital spin and likely will have an uncontrolled reentry over the Indian Ocean. This follows other mission setbacks — loss of booster during return and failure of payload doors to open. 🖥️ SpaceX

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After a 15 minute delay, Elon Musk announced his planned update on "making life interplanetary" will take place AFTER tonight's scheduled test flight of Starship. 🖥️ X/@elonmusk

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I got to drive Moon Racer, a vehicle designed for the rough terrain and temperature extremes of the lunar south pole. In the vacuum of space, it's good I wore a suit. 😉

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Had lots of fun driving Intuitive Machines' training simulator in the low-gravity environment of the Moon. Producer Chip Bell and photographer Dino Kahrimanovic attached GoPro cameras to Moon Racer to record my virtual space odyssey. More ➡️ substack.com/home/post/p-...

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It was a thrill to drive Intuitive Machines' Moon Racer. More ➡️ jonathanserrie.com/MoonRacer

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Since 2010, the incidence of cardiac arrest during marathons and half-marathons has stayed relatively stable, but the risk of dying from these events has decreased by about 50% compared to 2000-2009. https://ja.ma/4mskeki

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Planned reentry of the CRS-32 Dragon cargo ship at about 0545 UTC May 25. The large white area is where the jettisoned trunk will burn up; the small area just off San Diego is where the capsule will splash down. Orange line is approx trajectory assuming several orbit lowering burns to match target

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Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt

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#SpaceX targeting May 27 for ninth flight test of #Starship

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In March, the U.S. ambassador to Gambia wrote to Gambia’s president with an “important request,” urging him to circumvent his country’s communications minister and “facilitate the necessary approvals for Starlink to commence operations.”

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"While we commend NASA for exploring new types of partnerships with commercial entities in space science, those same companies would lose their primary customer should proposed cuts come into effect, undercutting the emerging space economy."

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Even if charges against former court clerk Becky Hill were to help Alex Murdaugh overturn his murder convictions, state and federal sentences for financial crimes will keep him behind bars for the rest of his life, says @theericbland.bsky.social Full story here ➡️ video.foxnews.com/v/6372846993...

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I posted the same image on X, which added this AI-generated analysis. Strange, since I took the photo in Decatur, Georgia.

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Updated Space-Track reentry prediction for Kosmos-482-SA: between 0345 and 0745 UTC May 10.

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“…if the humans to Mars initiative is to survive Trump’s administration, it needs to become America’s program, not Musk’s program. That can only be done if it becomes a welcome ally, rather than a hated enemy, of American space science,” Robert Zubrin writes in op-ed.

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The shingles vaccine may also protect your heart, according to an observational study of more than 1.2 million people jonathanserrie.com/shingles #shingles #vaccine #cardiovascular

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Laurie Leshin to step down as director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 1. Associate Director David Gallagher will assume leadership of the federally-funded research facility at Caltech. Acting NASA administrator Janet Petro called Leshin's leadership "nothing short of extraordinary." 📸 NASA

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Tokyo-based ispace says its RESILIENCE lander successfully injected into lunar orbit after two months in deep space. The company is targeting June 5 for a Moon landing. Image credit: ispace

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The FAA's final environmental assessment finds "No Significant Impact" associated with SpaceX proposal to increase annual Starship launches from five to 25 from Texas Starbase site.

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In a letter to the acting NASA administrator and secretary of defense, Democratic House members raise questions about Chinese investment in SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk’s influence on federal spending while leading one of the nation's leading government contractors.

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