Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
Well, this is the first time I can recall a campaign rally opening with dancers.
Kamala #Harris has a campaign event scheduled for 6:50 PM EDT in Atlanta. Here's the link on her YouTube channel once it starts.
I've been monitoring Google to see if the #FoxNews story falsely claiming that Mark Kelly started a spy balloon company with the Chinese government is getting any traction.
Other than the usual assortment of far-right wingnut websites, the answer seems to be no.
Snopes and AP haven't bothered to fact check it. No mainstream media have reported it.
So I guess for now it remains in the world of QAnon and #MAGA.
Breaking from #WaPo:
"Project 2025, a collaboration led by the Heritage Foundation among more than 110 conservative groups to develop a movement consensus blueprint for the next Republican administration, is winding down its policy operations, and its director, former Trump administration personnel official Paul Dans, is departing."
From #Newsweek: Elon Musk's Zombie Twitter suspended "White Dudes for Harris" account after it held a $4 million fundraiser for Kamala #Harris.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-dudes-harris-x-suspension-1931827
Two birds standing by as I photographed the #SpaceX fleet.
The crow seems to be saying, "Hey, I said no pictures!"
The pelican was happy to pose for a closeup.
While some people continue to try to frighten you into believing that #NASA astronauts are "stranded" on #ISS, here's the reality of what's happening with the #Boeing #Starliner #CFT.
"The test involved firing 27 of the spacecraft’s 28 jets for short bursts, moving through them one at a time to check thruster performance and helium leak rates. Preliminary results show all the tested thrusters are back to preflight levels based on thrust and chamber pressure."
When I lectured on #Space topics back in the day at #KSCVC, I often talked about how #ISS helped #NASA do microgravity research into potential #Cancer cures and treatments.
I was chummy with a German group which found that cancer cells tend to die in microgravity. Why? The hypothesis was that the cells drown in their own waste. But they warned it might be years, or never, before they figured out how to apply that on Earth. Apparently they've folded.
Here's what's new.
https://www.issnationallab.org/release-issrdc2024-igniting-innovation-project-selection/
From #CNN: Federal judge tosses part of #Florida #DeSantis "Stop WOKE Act." The section banned employers from stopping discrimination in the workplace.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/us/florida-ron-desantis-stop-woke-act-part-overturned/index.html
We have a #ULA launch coming up at 6:45 AM EDT/3:45 AM PDT. Watch live now on the ULA Launch YouTube channel.
With Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on the short list of potential #Harris running mate candidates, the Republicans are recycling a false claim about a space tourism company he founded in 2012.
Today the GOP is falsely claiming it was secretly funded by #China.
In 2020, the GOP falsely claimed it was funded by tax dollars.
Here's the 2020 #AP fact check.
President #Biden just finished remarks at the #LBJ Library on the 60th anniversary of the civil rights movement. He spoke about his #SCOTUS retorm proposal.
If the link doesn't take you there, go to the 56:15 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/live/rxGz96Fjpgg?si=Q3dRRicVtdfeb3gP&t=3375
Southern #California had a 4.9 #Quake this afternoon northeast of Barstow. This is a report from the local paper.
https://www.vvng.com/series-of-earthquakes-rattle-barstow-area-on-monday-afternoon-did-you-feel-it/
How do we balance aerospace and ecology on the #SpaceCoast?
"Wild Canaveral" is a 1990 documentary by the local PBS affiliate about the history of the area beyond just the rockets' red glare. Although it was aired 34 years ago, most of it is still current.
You'll see a Roy Roberts in the documentary. His family owned the land where #SpaceX has built its #KSC operations complex. If you've heard of "Roberts Road," this is what it looked like before SpaceX.
If you're on the #SpaceCoast, #SpaceX just announced another #Falcon9 #Starlink launch for tonight, from LC-40. The launch window is 12:17 AM - 4:01 AM EDT.
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022