Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
If that "Downfall" link doesn't work for you, try this bootleg on the Suraj Singh YouTube channel.
If you've never seen "Downfall," it looks like a couple copies are on YouTube. This is on the YoUTube Movies & TV channel, works for me.
In honor of #Trump 's descent into madness, this weekend I'm going to watch "Downfall."
Now up to 50% chance of formation in the next seven days. From what I've read, there's not much out there to slow it down.
From #WaPo: #RFKJr pulls far more voters from #Trump than #Harris.
"A new Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday is Harris’s best high-quality poll yet. It shows her leading by six points (53 percent to 47 percent) among likely voters in a head-to-head matchup ..."
"The initial elevation of Kennedy’s campaign on the right ... is now looking even more like a real potential blunder."
From the National Weather Service in Melbourne FL ...
From the National #Hurricane Center, courtesy of Mike's Weather Page ... If this develops, I'd guess Florida is in play by the end of next week.
#Space #SpaceCoast #SpaceFlorida
From #FloridaToday: #SpaceX to build three new landing zones, at #CCSFS LC-40 and #KSC LC-39A.
@Redskye572 I just had Moderna shot #7. I've never had #COVID either, to my knowledge. But I know plenty people who didn't get vaccinated and got sick. My #MAGA brother-in-law died of #COVID in early 2021 because he threw a big no-mask Thanksgiving dinner for his militia buddies. He was dead six weeks later.
#Trump says he's going to hold a press conference this afternoon a Mar-A-Lago, because #Harris hasn't held a press conference recently.
Someone is truly desperate for TV time and attention.
If it really happens, he's only going to run his mouth with the same nonsense that already has him in hot water. The only question is if he finally lets slip the n-word.
From #NBCNews: #Japan officials issue "megaquake" caution after a 7.1 quake hits off the coast. It's an advisory for certain areas to evacuate in case a "big one" is imminent, not a prediction.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-earthquake-tsunami-advisory-rcna165728
Although I hate how it was done, I have to acknowledge that the "wealthy elite" were right. It was a rotten way to force the issue, but in the end it was the right call.
Who knows where we'd be now, if #Biden had insisted he was the legitimate candidate (which he was).
This #WaPo article is a behind-the-scenes look at those days from Nancy Pelosi's perspective. (2/2)
Upon further review ...
A few weeks back, I was one of the most vocal critics here of the push by the "wealthy elite" Democrats to depose #Biden, who already had been chose as the party's presidential candidate. In particular, I hated their pulling campaign funds to force the issue.
A month later, we have the dynamic #Harris2024 #Walz ticket, which has re-energized the party and the nation. #Trump is free-falling in the polls. (1/2)
If you've never seen "The Dream is Alive," the 1985 IMAX space movie, it's on YouTube. Jon McBride was one of the astronauts who filmed the on-orbit scenes.
Narrated by Walter Cronkite!
Astronaut Jon McBride passed away today at age 80.
Jon was the one who hired me in 2011 to do education lectures and tours at #KSCVC. He retired from the park a few years ago.
If you've seen the IMAX movie, "The Dream is Alive," you've seen Jon's work. He filmed much of it while on orbit.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080724a-nasa-astronaut-jon-mcbride-obituary.html
#Space #ISS Here's the video of today's #NASA #Boeing #Starliner #CFT audio-only telecon.
I listened to most of it ... No, they're not stranded..
This is a test flight. They're conducting tests. A lot of tests. The whole lot of tests have led to understanding what caused the thruster problems. It appears the problem is corrected, but how to prove it?
As a *contingency* NASA is looking at crew return options *if* they have to use a Dragon. That's what testing is for.
This afternoon's #NASA #Boeing #Starliner #CFT presser is an audio-only telecon, which again suggests to me we're not getting a final decision. Here's the link for the 12:30 PM EDT event.
#NASA has posted an updated press release on today's #Boeing #Starliner #CFT update. Administrator Bill Nelson is *not* one of the participants; since he told reporter Eric Berger that he would make the final decision about CFT, his absence suggests to me they haven't made a decision.
Anyway, 12:30 PM EDT on NASA TV.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-crew-flight-test-space-station-missions-update/
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022