Check out my article on last week's New Glenn mission in @spacescout.bsky.social! www.spacescout.info/2025/11/new-...

Really incredible performance from Blue Origin and Rocket Lab today. This is such a cool mission and it had the coolest ride to space around right now.

Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.

NO DEAL without protecting our healthcare. Tell your Senators to FIGHT NOT FOLD!!! win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...

Today, VOTE YES on Prop 50. Texas’ radical gerrymandering leaves us no real choice. This is about fairness and protecting democracy itself. Take your ballot to a drop box or vote center before 8 PM. Every vote matters today!

As I've mentioned before, I'm part of Highlander Space Program at UC Riverside. Right now is our BCOE Match Challenge, and we're raising funds for our new rocket, Clementine. If you donate before 8 November, your donation will be matched! $30+ donations get cool merch. www.givecampus.com/s/eqnswc

Check out my new article for @spacescout.bsky.social! www.spacescout.info/2025/09/afte...

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

I like Philmont #IWGBTP

Independence Day, Cimarron Style. I love this country too much to not be horrified by what’s happening to it. This Fourth of July, remember what we stand for.

Starlit Skies Above

Made it HOmE

Was a thrill to be part of Highlander Space Program’s launch of Poseidon, UC Riverside’s first liquid fuel rocket, over the weekend at the FAR-OUT Competition. We took home first place in both the A Altitude and Liquid Engine Efficiency categories!

SpX-32 Cargo Dragon reentry from the ISS! Thrilled to have Dragon recovering back on the west coast! No astronauts on this one, but soon there will be!

Got to meet the incredible NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and see some amazing hardware at Yuri’s Night LA!

Senate Democrats, I implore you: hold the line, and demand a clean, bipartisan short-term bill that we all can support to keep the government open. Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for discussing with me tonight.

I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it. When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him. Not without a fight. open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...

Gotta say, I feel pretty damn stupid for believing @schumer.senate.gov when he said that the Dems would block this awful CR that he's now apparently going to vote to invoke cloture on. An absolutely cowardly betrayal of his caucus and his constituents.

House Democrats held the line against the GOP’s partisan spending bill, which hands the keys to Trump, Musk, and illegal DOGE operators—gutting vital services like veterans’ care, Social Security, and so much more. Now, Senate Democrats must not fold!

Rocket test day core

Some shots from Flabob Airport. The plane in the first two images is the Flabob Express, which once carried Winston Churchill. The last is the D-Day Doll, which carried gliders to Normandy during the opening waves of the invasion. Both planes still fly regularly.

Hanging out with @astrokatie.com here at UCR!

Starlink launch from Riverside

Come listen in to what my Congressman is saying about Elon Musk's and Donald Trump's illegal acts over the last few weeks.

Good piece from Sen. Patty Murray on what the hell is going on and why it matters so much: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Here are just a few of the NSF review panels that were shut down today, Chuck. This is research that would have made us competitive in computer science that will now be delayed by many months if not lost forever. AI is fine but right now the top priority is keeping the lights on at NSF and NIH.

Very excited that a few square centimeters inside the lab next door to mine is currently one of the coldest places in the universe - sitting at 38 thousandths of a degree C above absolute zero @uofcalifornia.bsky.social Riverside Physics stays winning

This account is going to get a lot more active as soon as @flashesapp.bsky.social launches

Tonight's Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg, with Venus

Cloning my pinned from the other place: My name is Alex and I do rocket and space stuff! I post about it sometimes.

Well, I guess I'll post my mediocre launch photos here, too. Tonight's Starlink launch viewed through my telescope out in Riverside.