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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

In case you didn't know, Andy Weir - who is apparently not on Bluesky? - is a geek. From Project Hall Mary, pg 92

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

“The best Princes have ever encouraged and promoted Freedom of Speech; they know that upright Measures would defend themselves, and that all upright Men would defend them."

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I really. REALLY. Wanted to copy Trump's message for Democratic reps. But I'm actually a bit concerned in DC I'd wind up arrested over a sign quoting our Nazi in Chief.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

So I just stumbled onto what may be the most awesome soap ad ever. I am now struggling with my basic, uh, thriftiness, combined with my desire to support these guys! @mycluckhut.bsky.social

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

ICE continues to attack and assault CHILDREN of color. Fuck this shit. Instagram wouldn't let me share it - shocker - so I had to screenshot.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I hear the economy is doing splendidly. Bigliest economy ever!

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Decidedly it was published, that unemployment had, under the benign reign of President Berzelius Windrip, almost disappeared. Almost all workless men were assembled in enormous labor camps, under M.M. officers. Their wives and children accompanied them and took care of the cooking, cleaning, and repair of clothes.

"It Can't Happen Here"
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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Oza reiterates the astronomer's plea: we need more observing time. Then he makes it personal. "Maybe [I'm] just like my mother, she's never satisifed." #epscdps2025

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Still trying to figure out this little guy in Huet's presentation #epscdps2025

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Is anybody else creeped out by the kid hanging out in the hall at #EPSCDPS .....he scares me. #EPSCDPS2025

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Here are some excellent opportunities for dual observations with Clipper and JUICE, as presented by Haji Korth. None of these are final, so keep those fingers crossed! #EPSCDPS #EPSCDPS2025

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Chart of potential science observations for JUICE and Clipper combined. Haje Koth #EPSCDPS #EPSCDPS2025

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Slide of tools for JUICE that are publically available, though full access only available to the team. #EPSCDPS

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

okay I haven't finished reading all the EPSC abstracts - I'm seirously only on Monday - but it's hard to believe anyone can beat this opening from Bianca Tacconi

ExoMars’ MOMA: A Live Example of Interdisciplinary Communication

Bianca Tacconi, Jorge Vago, and Elliot Sefton-Nash
European Space Agency

A chemist, two planetary scientists, and four systems engineers walk into a room. While it sounds like the setup to a joke, this was the opening scene of a presentation I delivered at the European Space Agency entitled “MOMA: A Summary”. As a recent graduate of organic chemistry, I had been asked to explain the Mars Organic Molecule Analyser (MOMA), a complex mass spectrometer instrument on board the Rosalind Franklin rover, to a room of non-chemists. For one hour, my goal was to bridge the gap between chemistry and planetary science.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Saturn’s moon Mimas may have a vast hidden ocean Mine via @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Porter: The general trend of the dust in the system is to drift inwards. It could be that Nix is somewhat contaminated with Hydra dust. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

By the way, today is @spacewhalerider.com 's birthday!! "I've always wanted to talk for 45 mts on my bday!" :) I couldn't find a happy birthday image with an actual whale in space, and I'm too lazy to make one, so I just found a nice happy space whale. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Denton: There are a lot of things that affect the Pluto-Charon impact, and a lot of ways their results can affect Pluto-Charon today. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Denton (@spacewhalerider.com ) points out that Pluto-Charon are similar to the Earth-moon system, in terms of both size and angular momentum. Earth-moon formed via impact. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Speaking of the upcoming observatories and missions, McKinnon lauds the upcoming Roman Space Telescope, which "should offer a spectacular view". #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Turned back to Bill McKinnon, who reminds us, "There's so many wonderful worlds out there." #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

McNutt: Dedicated concepts have been around since 1958. They were all far-ranging, all big, all powered with nuclear reactors, were so incredibly expensive that they weren't even priced out....and they all have never flown. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

McNutt: New Horizons is the 5th interstellar probe. All were planetary missions that kept going...and going...and going... #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

By the way. Today is a day to "make good trouble", a la the late Civil Rights leader John Lewis. Find your local protest and get out there. www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Schenk: The obliquity is moving solar illumination into the northern hemisphere around 2035. The area with the geysers will be going into darkness. Sensitive cameras SHOULD be able to detect them but needs to be planned for. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Schenk: Ocean detection on Triton is the highest priority target. It can be done with a single flyby. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Schenk: Despite assertions that Pluto & Triton have nothing in common, there are a few commonalities. #Pluto10 There are also differences, as pointed out in previous talks.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Schenk: Both Triton & Pluto have dark equatorial regions that are probably seasonally driven. Both are colorful, but different filters make direct comparison difficult. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Schenk: Neptune's moon Triton is essentially a large Kuiper Belt Object that was violently heated. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Stern: The trick is using Charon to escape and start en route to dwarf planets with flybys of several KBOs. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Stern: We were trying to decide if we should go back and observe Pluto in depth or explore the Kuiper Belt. We found you can do both - "if you're really to put up with a very long mission." Like, more than 50 years. #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Carly Howett brings us back from lunch with Persephone: A Pluto-System Orbiter and Kuiper Belt Explorer [#7022] This will be an overview of a NASA funded mission concept to return to the Pluto system. #Pluto10 "There's still lots of questions that are open."

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A humorous response my kids and I snickered over in 2022. Bella chow Bella chow Bella chow chow chow

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Carroll: "Art serves as an impt tool to communicate the wonderful work that people in this room are doing" #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Lucy west, Tyler Nordgren, Roger Thibaut #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Antarctica has ice towers. Are these happening on worlds like Enceladus, as shown in Carroll's artwork? #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Luis Calcada's painting of Pluto just before the New Horizons flyby #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

David Hardy before New Horizon Pluto and Charon #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Discovery of Pluto led to science fiction on the planet. Right side is Frank Paul's Life on Pluto #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

"Paintings of Pluto started a long time ago, it was just a slightly different Pluto. Below, ancient Macedonia wall painting (~340 BC), Caravagio

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Space artist Michael Carroll is up next to talk about The Changing Face of Pluto: How Artists Have Viewed the Dwarf Planet Through the Decades "you may be wondering why they let an artist into a perfect respectable science meeting" #Pluto10

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Adam: Pluto's orbit was highly uncertain, leading to higher uncertainty in navigation. Optical navigation helped reduce this uncertainty. #Pluto10

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