Bullseye splashdown! #artemisII #nasa #moon #space

Launch!

For educators, enthusiasts, and parents answering the gleeful questions of future astronauts, here is the official NASA SLS Reference Guide for Artemis II: www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u... #nasa #space #moon #launch #artemisII

I have a list here of the people watching the Artemis II launch today. Let me see who is watching... #nasa #space #moon #launch #artemisII

Twenty years ago this month, I left my last steady job. matthewkohut.substack.com/p/this-thing...

Would you go to Mars for free? Well, not actually "to Mars," but you CAN learn about Mars from the experts, for free! Reserve a seat TODAY. The online sessions start on Tue 12 Aug at 11 AM EDT and run each Tuesday and Thursday through 29 Aug. Sign up here: www.bookascientist.com/course/explo...

The best alien of all time. #superman #clarkkent

AI is an ego machine. Be aware of what it’s doing to yours. futurism.com/chatgpt-ment... #Reality #Disassociation #Disorder #Derealization #Disorder #ReDD

Sports Update: Slaw Dog beats Chi Dog at the inaugural Wienie 500 in a photo finish with less than a bun of space between them.

Ghibli vibes at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA. #cherryblossoms #spring #trains #photo

Especially now as the vision of the future appears blurred, poetry is worth your time. Thanks @kohut.bsky.social.

“The Nothing is the main antagonist in The Neverending Story. It has the power to destroy Fantastica piece by piece by absorbing it, as the result of humans no longer believing in the world of fantasy…” Pictured is G'mork whose mission is to kill Atreyu the hero #fantasy #reality #story #symbolism

“Celestial Oasis” - 📸 May 8, 2022 I captured this photo of the #rainforest #biome in the #Biosphere2 research facility. The habitat was used in the 80s/90s to demonstrate biological #sustainability, human space missions, and technologies. #analogastronaut #photography #explore #dailynaturefix

As a POC I can empathize with this. NASA web pages I developed that were mandated historically significant by the National Archives disappeared a few years ago. It damages culture to erase stories of success. @drlucyrogers.bsky.social, I’m glad you have this and wish there were more.

I recently spoke at the 2025 AI Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama where I discussed “How to Prevent Catastrophic Failure When Creating an Immersive AI System”. The US Space and Rocket Center then asked if I’d like to stay the weekend… #space #science #huntsville #alabama #camp

Thankful for a beautiful morning. #space #huntsville #alabama #camp

Sick cool.

Completely unrelated, a portrait of regular human bartender Jackie Daytona from Tuscon Arizoña

Broken Billboard Chaos c. 2025 GIF, Simulated E Ink #design #avatar

Mood

It's important to think about this sooner rather than later. www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...

Craving Vietnamese summer rolls? They aren’t difficult to make, just be sure you’ve got good crunchy ingredients to complement the protein and softer components. These contain avocado, cucumber, lettuce, jicama, mint, and tofu or salmon. Prep time is 20 mins, build time is 2 minutes per. #cooking

#BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1- Blue Origin teams going crazy at the word that the vehicle has achieved orbit

“Fairing Jettison was my high school wrestling name.”

An amazing and heartwarming story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/n...

Utterly heart wrenching and scary what some JPL friends and colleagues are going through right now. Please keep them in your thoughts. Will be staying tuned to hear if there may be opportunities to help.

I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again! Big rockets are cool! 😎🚀💙 www.blueorigin.com/news/new-gle...

This past semester we discussed the importance of ethics and interactive systems in my AI/XR convergence course. Does this chatbot appear ethical, authentic, or informative to anyone? #ai #ml #xr #vr #ar #chatbot #genai

It’s been 25 years since Avatar was released in London on Dec. 10, 2009. I’m still trying to watch it in 3D on a plane. My buddy 3D printed a case for my handheld - I wrapped it in vinyl. Handheld will drive the glasses that show the movie - now in spatial video format. #cinema #3D #movies #gaming

My photos widget served up this memory today from June 2010. Recognize it?

HiRISE 3D: Layered Deposits inside a Crater in Western Arabia Terra This HiRISE image can help to confirm observations at Context Camera scale and perform detailed high-resolution stratigraphic analysis. www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP... NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #NASA

Real talk. In my career I've occasionally been called a word that signals red flags to me because it precedes passive-aggressive behavior or protections of long-standing inefficiencies that benefit a few people. The word is Unicorn. #job #career #politics Unicorns, enjoy. youtu.be/9cMIarrxLGs?...

Wow! I just got clued into this set of on-orbit photos from the Inspiration4 space mission. www.flickr.com/photos/inspi... Thanks for the tip and do you have any faves @astrosembro.bsky.social? #space #hsf #orbit #inspiration4 #astronaut #earth

That’s insanely fast! Thanks for the info @nasajim.bsky.social. For those interested, here’s more data on NASA's probe that is diving into the Sun’s atmosphere: science.nasa.gov/mission/park...

It’s always interesting so many students initially want to make GTA or RDR in my interactive tech classes but become more satisfied when they narrow their scope and make more personalized experiences. I’m fascinated by what they want to express and how that discovery unfolds. #gamedev #xr #vr #ar

Amazing opportunities and technical possibilities are unfolding in commercial aerospace. Congrats @eboninflight.bsky.social! #space #hsf #aerospace #jobs

Opened my mailbox today to this lovely illustration of Sir Gawain from The Green Knight. Thank you @vanessamckee.bsky.social for the amazing art and blazing fast shipping! #art #GreenKnight #kingarthur #legend #SirGawain #MedievalTales

A really good thread of tips for communicating science to non-science audiences, and why it matters to be able to do so:

I had a hard time finding women physicists here. So I made a starter pack for #female and #under-represended #minorities in #physics, in short #FURMIP. Please spread the word and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz

What better way to vacation than to time travel. On a recent excursion with my sister we visited Hill Valley, California around January 1955. It was an excellent time. #hillvalley #delorean #bttf #savetheclocktower #timetravel #immersion

This isn't a movie or a tv show. This is real life. This is the work it takes to produce the strawberries we eat. #food #reality #farming

Remember when the Matrix was invented and we didn’t realize it? I just taught a bleeding edge course on the convergence of AI/XR & have been assigned Game Engine Fundamentals at ASU. These students have a wild ride ahead of them. Scope this paper: deepmind.google/discover/blo... #gamedev #ai #xr

Love old school games? This resource is RADICAL. Thanks for sharing, @johnlf.bsky.social! #retrogaming #apple #IIe

Throwback work photos from a couple NASA centers. Shoutout to @nasajim.bsky.social @comtnclimr.bsky.social Beth Beck and Cady Coleman for making every day a magnificent adventure. Bonus: Someone let me climb inside the Ares I-X while it was stacked in the VAB at Kennedy Space Center. #nasa #space

The Apple iBook Firewire SE (Graphite) continued the use of the iconic clamshell design of the 1999 original. This 466MHz Mac shipped with a whopping 64MB of RAM. It’s perfect for MacOS 9 games from the late 1990’s (ie. Sim Cinema Deluxe, A-10 Attack, F/A-18 Hornet by GraphSim). #retrogames #apple

Seattle/Washington folks - found this resource on Reddit. A spreadsheet of volunteer opportunities for a variety of orgs incl forestry restoration, housing, food, arts, etc. I’m planning to sign up for some myself! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Gorgeous photo. Love beautiful libraries. *Added to the list of places to visit.*

A fun advantage of having a design background is the ability to create my own virtual pinball backglass art. Image #1 is from a custom @therealelvira.bsky.social “attract mode” animation. Elvira rocks! The Deadpool and Iron Man illustrations include comic book covers I love. #pinball #games #design

Up the street from my house growing up there was a 4-slot NEO GEO cab. Spent all my quarters playing Super Sidekicks, The Last Blade 2, Samurai Showdown II, & Metal Slug. @3mill.bsky.social helped me customize a broken one when he was younger. Emulation frontend = attractmode.org #neogeo #retrogames

Computers have played an important part in my life. My first was a Macintosh SE my family paid off over two years. With advice from @woodtoast.bsky.social and testing by @eboninflight.bsky.social I recreated the experience using an old case and a raspberry pi. #retrocomputing #apple #retrogaming