So, the US admin wants space spectacle, not space exploration. Because you need robust science for the latter. And you get that by exciting young people to go into STEM research. Is this admin even aware most astronauts have PhDs? And Isaacman? Says the billionaire: "We can do more with less." Ugh.

Sure, YouTube, offer up a 4K/60 playback version for videos and then always fail to deliver it without buffering ever 10 seconds. And you want people to turn off adblockers and pay for Premium?

It looks like NASA was ransacked before Jared Isaacman's tenure began. Can he fix the damage? Or has he already started to do so? The fight against the next PBR trying to gut NASA's science projects is also on the horizon.

Now that the #Artemis2 mission is over, I had some time to reflect on why I switched from "meh" to "this is awesome!" Here are my thoughts: youtu.be/IHZUqN6YhbY

Alright, let's add new lyrics to the "Ode to joy": Something something "Oh Canada!"

I cannot articulate enough how much I hate YouTube's auto-translation features! First off: my language is set to English, so WHY?!?. Second: translating band names (Angine de Poitrine) proves your "AI" is anything but intelligent. Are the "Rolling Stones" now the "rollende Steine" in German?

🎉#Artemis II update: Integrity is back on Earth! At 01:07 BST/02:07 CEST, Orion and its crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. 🚀Our European Service Module propelled Orion over 1 million km through deep space, before burning up in Earth's atmosphere, its job complete 🔥 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

NASA's live stream for the return of Artemis II. Let's hope everything goes well! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfhD...

Artemis II splashdown in less than 12 hours from now. I won't be able to watch it live since it is planned for roughly 2:00am my time.

I love the pictures from Artemis II, but NASA's image website is incredibly bad for filtering down to just the current images from the Moon. And the Artemis II album doesn't include all imaged. Really frustrating to navigate this! images.nasa.gov

If you enjoy open source software, make sure you support them with more than just likes on a social media site.

Mission control actually responded with "Amaze, Amaze, Amaze!" 🤣 I love this mission.

The crew of Artemis II naming a so far unnamed crater 'Carroll' to honor Reid Wiseman's wife who passed in 2020. Beautiful moment, indeed.

I've been busy, but so have NASA, the @ahwoo-official.bsky.social/KSA devs and modders (shoutout to @arthomnix.dev for this! Check this out: you can now track Artemis II in Kitten Space Agency using real NASA orbital data. This is fantastic! youtu.be/3Spar8vkQLM

I am so thrilled to share this guide to the observations that the #ArtemisII crew will be making during their closest approach to the Moon!! I hope you'll follow along! science.nasa.gov/resource/art...

I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool

So far so good. I am still anxious about the heat shield though...

Wanna experience Artemis II as if you were on orbit with the crew? Grab Kitten Space Agency and the mod OEM Loader, download the NASA orbital data and replay the mission in the game! Awesome!

Somebody at NASA was a fan of the synth parts of the "DOOM" soundtrack. That music goes hard! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eeZ...

"JA! Perfect."

Is it just me or was the general public's reaction to Artemis II launching more like shrugged shoulders than actual excitement? I slept when it launched (time zones). Now, roughly 6 hours later, the story is barely above the fold on most news websites. Thoughts on why?

Artemis II launch in about 5 hours from now. Livestream is already rolling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U...

Jupiter from orbit in Kitten Space Agency. The scale hits a bit different when you’re this close. Appreciate everyone jumping in and sharing feedback, it’s helping shape as we go. #space #spacesim #gamedev

I receive multiple sponsorship offers a week, which I never react to, because... ugh... that would be an entire video, honestly. But this has to be either the lowest effort scam attempt or the lowest effort sponsorship attempt ever. Sad part: some real companies behave similarly lazy.

Docking things together into space opens up new possibilities! So it's a big deal that Kitten Space Agency now has docking included - if you can coax it out of the game, at least for now. youtu.be/PDH8hoHtN1Q

So much this. If we don't interact genuinely with our audience, it will damage the relationship irreparably. Creators should never use these AI suggestions for replying.

FFS, USA!

(To the best of my understanding, the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran were carried out with endoatmospheric weapons, so not my department . However I condemn these attacks which are manifestly against international law)

TESS confirms what we saw with Kepler and K2 - on average, ***every single small red star has a planet around it***! And a short-period one at that (<30 days). And you know what the galaxy is mostly made of? Small red stars. PLANETS. PLANETS EVERYWHERE!!! Happy weekend pondering that, everyone.

So, California just forced operating system developers to include an age verification scheme. Which is going to be about as effective as the "I am 18" buttons on adult websites. So this will escalate into something even worse in the future. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe... 1/2

How the hell can I get rid of this asinine new "most relevant" section in my subscriptions on YouTube? They're now starting to destroy the only page I had control over. :(

"For Breaking News, Twitter is now an active liability as people push out false information ... often for money." I thought I already knew how bad it was, but @lastweektonight.com proved me wrong. It's even worse. Noone should be there anymore. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

You don't have to stop posting but you do have to stop posting THERE. It is a uniquely, fundamentally detrimental website to you as a person. It incentivizes racism, violence and — the worst crime of all — vagueposting. You are living in a permanent teaser ad for the 11 o'clock news.

Yes they are. I regularly donate to FOSS projects I enjoy using.

A true scholar and a gentleman having a literal blast.

The KSA devs just keep the hits coming. It's still early in development and they still found the time to create a Linux build pipeline. It's not officially supported yet, but It's still very interesting. Especially for someone like me who jumped ship from Windows to Linux. youtu.be/GxUCIqB-1w4

We as a society assign value to things by determining what we finance. Think about that when you pick who you want to elect and where they want to spend tax dollars.

"I am special, I am immune to The Algorithm, it will not change me" you are not special and it will make you worse you should leave

Couple of very candid details about the failed "dearMoon" project. Haven't heard a lot of this yet. Thanks for sharing, Tim! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6H8... (Title is very clickbaity and interviewer is completely unfamiliar with space tech, so be aware of that)

Good thing more and more people outside the US start to migrate away from US tech. See also Google whining about Europe "losing competitiveness" and "erecting walls" if our governments abandon their cloud services. www.ft.com/content/0847... Of course we erect walls against this overreach!

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

I decided to look at where Kitten Space Agency currently is regarding building rockets. Check out my first multi-stage rocket attempts in Kitten Space Agency here: youtu.be/d0fYbN63LEo

Congratulations to the Ariane team for getting this bird off the pad. Now get cracking on a reusable rocket!

No, Discord, your AI face recognition will not be allowed to scan my face. I wonder what's going to happen to my own Discord server now...

Goalposts are moving. Remember when Starship was the "Interplanetary Transport System"? Mark my words: in a couple of years we will hear something like "Starship's focus was always to make Starlink launches cheaper" and no more word about exploration.

I was a happy BMW owner for many years. Until they drop trying to shove subscriptions for basic features down our throats, they'll never see a cent from me again. www.carscoops.com/2026/02/bmw-...

I think I've stated multiple times that Saturn is my favorite planet. And now it has rings in Kitten Space Agency! Time to check it all out here: youtu.be/OiOdALhQ5iQ

Reminder that the majority of space creators are still mostly on X and thus endorse this with every post they make over there, since each post has the Grok button front and center. www.reuters.com/business/des...

Sure, Elon, taint the only company you haven't turned to crap yet.