#Politics #NYTimes criticism of the first #Obama / Romney debate in 2012.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/us/politics/obama-and-romney-hold-first-debate.html

#Space #ISS

Here's the link for the 2 PM EDT #NASA #Boeing #Starliner #CFT telecon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-BGAPuzxZU

#Politics Waiting for the #SCOTUS majority to rule that #Trump, and only Trump, is a king above the law. It wouldn't surprise me. 🙄

#Politics BREAKING from #WaPo:

#SCOTUS rules 6-3 that federal prosecutors improperly charged #J6 rioters with obstruction.

Jackson joined the majority. Barrett joined the minority.

https://wapo.st/4eLGLVF

Breaking from #CNN: #Iowa Supreme Court upholds the state's six-week #Abortion ban.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/iowa-supreme-court-abortion-ban/index.html

#Politics BREAKING from #CNN:

6-3 conservative #SCOTUS majority tosses 40-year precedent granting government agencies discretion in implementing a law.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/chevron-precedent-supreme-court/index.html

#Politics Just a reminder ... Sitting President #Obama bombed in the first 2012 debate. Sitting presidents usually bomb because they're distracted by the daily grind of running the country.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/25/politics/obama-debate-election-2012/index.html

#Politics Not watching the #Biden #Trump debate tonight. I'll catch up in the morning. 😴

#Space

#Boeing press release regarding #Starliner performance during last night's #NASA #ISS "safe haven" event.

https://starlinerupdates.com/starliner-works-exceptionally-well-as-safe-haven-in-real-life-scenario/

#CoSoWriters This arrived in the mail. I guess I are a righter now. 😊

Note ... I ordered the paperback version. They sent me a beatup version of the hardback. 🤔

#Politics As predicted, Jill #Biden is at the #CNN studio. Melania #Trump is not.

#Politics Are you going to watch tonight's #Biden #Trump debate telecast?

#Space #NASA will hold an audio telecon tomorrow at 2 PM EDT to update #Boeing #Starliner #CFT as well as "recent station operations."

Which I suspect means last night's "safe haven" evacuation after a Russian satellite spewed debris everywhere.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-boeing-to-provide-commercial-crew-space-station-update/

#Politics One thing we know for certain about tonight's "debate" ...

#Biden will show up with his wife.

#Trump will not.

#Space #NASA #ISS From #Reuters:

*****

The six U.S. astronauts currently on the space station were alerted by NASA mission control in Houston around 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday (0100 GMT on Thursday) to execute "safe haven" procedures ...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams boarded their #Starliner spacecraft, the #Boeing -built capsule that has been docked since June 6 in its first crewed test mission on the station.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russian-satellite-blasts-debris-space-forces-iss-astronauts-shelter-2024-06-27/

#Politics Predictions for tonight's #Biden #Trump debate, in no particular order of accuracy.

* Trump will show. He'll claim it's rigged and unfair. He'll walk off before the end in "protest."

* Biden will stutter. MSM will proclaim him senile.

* Because mics will be muted, Trump will walk over to Biden to shout and interrupt so he can be heard on that mic.

* This will be a s***show, and everyone will wonder why they held this in the first place. They'll do it again anyway.

#Space #SpaceCoast We have a sunrise launch at 7:14 AM EDT. #SpaceX plans to launch a #Falcon9 #Starlink mission from #CCSFS LC-40. Watch on Spaceflight Now starting at 6:14 AM EDT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zzKS29RV3s

#Space #NASA selected #SpaceX to develop and build an #ISS deorbit vehicle, circa 2030.

Comment ... There's no guarantee the ISS partnership will deorbit the station in 2030. They could always decide to extend. But the consensus is it's time to move on, with Project Artemis targeting the moon and private companies developing commercial habitats. Deorbiting ISS creates a market for the habitat companies.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-international-space-station-us-deorbit-vehicle/