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Principal Instigator. Category 1 mind, Category 4 attitude. 🧪🔭🚀

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 1h
R volunteers in two different cat adoption centers each week and it's a marvel we don't have 1395 cats in our house by now
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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 14h
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, mostly recently a member of Artemis II, is transitioning to "management astronaut" status and will serve as acting deputy Chief Engineer starting Nov 1. (Amit Kshatriya is the agency's Chief Engineer + Assoc Administrator.) www.nasa.gov/news-release...
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NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer - NASA
NASA engineer and astronaut Christina Koch will serve as the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer beginning on Sunday, Nov. 1, following the retirement of
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10h
emily no
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10h
I'm pretty sure you're talking about Albany CA but I was still startled as a not-very-famous product of Albany NY
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Rogue Squadron VB @roguesquadron-vb.bsky.social · 13h
VOTE ME HEARTIES YO HO!! Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life for Me. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ #PiratesOver95 #VisibilityBrigade #RogueSquadronVB
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10h
I came here to post this. Great version, too 👏
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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When I finish puzzles like this, it's satisfying but I also feel a little sad to say goodbye to each section, like book friends
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Jeff Foxworthy's Sarcastic Clap
ALT: Jeff Foxworthy's Sarcastic Clap
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Interiewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Geologist: Yes, that's a period when erosion outpaced sedimentation. I call it my personal unconformity. Now, if you look over here, you can see these lovely cross-bedded ripples *smiles*
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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Into the era of SciX. I switched over a few months ago knowing the transition was coming. The only way to make all astronomers use SciX is really to shutdown down NASA ADS. I think the SciX interface builds on what's great about ADS.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Indigenous People's Day! We are still here :)
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I appreciate the ask! But I don't because I don't currently have the mojo to spend securely packing and shipping. I can recommend @amyraehill.bsky.social for more space ceramics though!
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
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NASA Goddard built the Roman Space Telescope. Workers there worry it couldn’t happen again
2025 was a brutal year of budget cuts and workforce attrition at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the home base for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Experts worry Goddard—and NASA’s space sci...
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
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NASA Goddard built the Roman Space Telescope. Workers there worry it couldn’t happen again
2025 was a brutal year of budget cuts and workforce attrition at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the home base for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Experts worry Goddard—and NASA’s space sci...
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And another Moon jar, this one with a quote from Amanda Gorman: Just as we chose to go to the Moon We know it is never too soon To choose hope.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Another Moon bowl came back today
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
After this, Goddard closed and dismantled the anechoic chamber :(
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Too bad Goddard got rid of this one :(
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And here's a hexagon bowl with the swirling yellows and blues of Saturn's poles.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These two cute jars have a bright underglaze and a Moon on their top lid, and some fun quotes.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Here are a couple experiments in underglazes. I'm clearly still learning but I love the experimentation! #pottery I put blue underglaze on the inside of these two bowls and bisque fired them, then did some detailed Moon work partly from stencil partly by hand.
handmade bowl with blue underglaze and Moon decorations insidehandmade bowl with blue underglaze and Moon decorations inside and sienna speckle outside
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HEXandra @maniacalstar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My thread about all the Artemis II lunar science data and reports dropped yesterday, along with some favorite quotes from the crew during their lunar flyby and eclipse!
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Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA Science
What did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report.
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HEXandra @maniacalstar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Artemis II lunar science team will be responding to questions about yesterday's reports and data drop on Threads today.
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NASA (@nasa) on Threads
Curious about the Artemis II crew’s observations on their mission around the Moon? Read the lunar science report, then reply with your questions. Our science team will answer them today! http://go....
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
not unless you want to haul the mass of deceleration engines and their fuel all the way from earth launch and back.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Holy shit you guys there are so many things to see in this video. My favorite detail is one I recognize from studying Curiosity’s landing sequence. The vehicle rolls alternately left and right to control its lift as it enters the atmosphere in order to target its landing range
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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Have you been missing the moon joy from Artemis II? Here's a nice little reminder thanks to a NASA release of the science and data from the flight science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...
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Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA Science
What did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today, on the anniversary of the 1st photo of the Moon's far side (in 1959 from the USSR's Luna 3 probe), NASA released the preliminary science report and data from the #ArtemisII mission in April. Re-live the #Moon joy: science.nasa.gov/feature/arte... 🧪🔭🌘
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Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA Science
What did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report.
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026
In the end, it's all about the data, right? So dig in with the Lunar Science Data User Guide for Artemis. #planetaryscience assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026
Or maybe the science operations are more you thing? NASA has you covered there too, with a Lunar Science Operations Report #planetaryscience assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026
Plus, there's a Preliminary Lunar Science Report, if you want to dig deeper into the Artemis II results. #planetaryscience assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026
This site has lots of cool Artemis II stuff, beyond what you may have seen on Flicker. #planetaryscience science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...
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Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA Science
What did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Artemis II Lunar Science multimedia page is live! Scroll down to the bottom for links to all of the reports and how to get the lunar science data! 🧪⚒️🔭🌒🚀 science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...
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Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA Science
What did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
everyone knows that you need a ray for disintegrating
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I hope you'll be able to tune into our workshop, or if not, that you'll read our reports and dig into the data. We'd love to see how you can use it to better understand our Moon! 🧪🔭🌘⚒️ sservi.nasa.gov/lssw/artemis...
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LSSW
The series of Lunar Surface Science Workshop (LSSW) short, focused virtual sessions will continue to solicit input from the community on the potential for new scientific research that could be enabled...
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So today is pretty meaningful to me as part of the Artemis II team, as we release our data to the public on the lunar farside observations our team and crew made earlier this year (including the spectacular Orientale rings). www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...
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It’s All in the Details
art002e009279 (April 6, 2026) – During their lunar flyby observation period, the Artemis II crew captured this image at 3:41 p.m. EDT, showing the rings of the Orientale basin, one of the Moon’s young...
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I was very lucky to be able to earn my PhD in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, where Hartmann and Kuiper made their seminal discovery of the Orientale rings by projecting Luna 3 images onto basically an integrating sphere in the basement. It's a DIY story that was really formative to me.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
LRO, Chandrayaan, Kaguya, SMART-1, Clementine, GRAIL, Chang'E and many other spacecraft since then have given us the ability to really understand the Moon globally - an option not available to planetary observers from Aristarchus to Galileo to Schröter. www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/...
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
50 years later, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recreated the Luna 3 view. science.nasa.gov/resource/fir...
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First Photo of the Lunar Far Side - NASA Science
In October of 1959, the Luna 3 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Luna 3 was the third spacecraft to reach the Moon and
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The far side of the Moon surprised us in how different it is from the side we see (due to tidal locking). It doesn't have the dark mare, which we now know is because the farside crust is thicker. Similar number of giant basins and craters, but the magma couldn't get to the surface and spill out.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The first picture was taken at 03:30 UT at a distance of 63,500 km from the Moon, and the last picture was taken 40 minutes later from a distance of 66,700 km. A total of 29 pictures were taken, covering 70% of the far side. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_3
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Luna 3 - Wikipedia
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
OTD in 1959, The Luna 3 spacecraft was the first to photograph and downlink images of the far side of the Moon.
Grainy mosaic of the lunar far side taken by Luna 3 in 1959
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the speed at which human beings move from "this terrible thing exists" to "everyone just has to learn to live with it" is truly alarming and illuminating. Immediately moving to compliance. Watching this in real time is incredible.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I learned pottery before the internet and I learned bass guitar before youtube and picking up these hobbies again now is blowing my mind!!
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 04/10/2026
It appears to be that time of year when we need to remind ourselves that the Nobel prizes are basically awards for the Best* Men in their Fields www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gender bias in Nobel prizes - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Gender bias in Nobel prizes
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
wow, that sounds amazing, can't wait to hear more about it!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh look, US National Science Foundation-supported science won the Nobel Prize in physics.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Outsmart, Outlast, Outlive
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you were to get #dailypedant #savethefutureconditonal
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Hypnotoad
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