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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I had a great day! This was my favourite photo.

John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Fair to say I'm looking forward to Project Hail Mary coming out next year. Interesting to see something that looks like an Ariane in the trailer. youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?...

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I needed a new suit for work. This'll do nicely. 😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

New James Bond spotted paddleboarding off south Devon. Nah, it's me init. 🤗

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This skeet is sent from a cable car over the Thames. 🚠

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

When I was a kid I loved building Lego. I was quite good at creating my own stuff too. But I'm crap at it now. There are just so many different pieces that do the one job they need to do. The creativity is all different. I liked having to be imaginative with the few bits I had.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I wonder why teachers are so frightened to engage with Raspberry Pi. I've just done an update and bricked my Pi5. 🤔

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sending this skeet from onboard a hovercraft.😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Who knew Minas Tirith had a park and ride? #AragornOnaBus

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

As an Apollo nerd it's quite exciting to be spending the day with these people. 😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Giving my vambraces a nourish and wax ahead of #PortsmouthComicCon next week. #ReturnOfTheKing

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Excellent first comic con today. Just had to dig out the Aragorn costume and hunt some Ork. #GosportComicCon

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Whizzing through the countryside on a train, heading south from London on a sunny spring evening really is a super advert for Great Britain. ☀️🐄🐏🌲🌳🌳🏡🦋 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I seem to come up with my best ideas when I'm walking the dog. The problem is that I need to finish the ideas I've already had before I start something new.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

No, it's not the first spacecraft to go into polar orbit. (Just go out after dusk on a clear night and look up). It's the first crewed spacecraft to go into polar orbit. News outlets should do better. I'm looking at you BBC. #Pedantic #Space 🚀☀️🧊☀️🧊☀️🧊🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

30 second pinhole projector with a biscuit box. We got it! #Eclipse

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Been experimenting with adding "emotions" to a robot. It's amazing how few pixels you need before the anthropomorphism kicks in. 😊

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Cheap as chips. But it'll move and be a nice platform to experiment with.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

There's no such thing as "too many" robots, is there? #Maker #Robots

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The two original MK1 units were brought back and one is in the science museum.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

10 years since we sent Astro Pi to the space station it's still going strong. Today I completed another CPD session with primary teachers, who will be sending code to space with their classes in no time!

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I always wondered how they kept on top of formal change control. I guess they didn't? And while we're here, I am interested to see how/if they are considering planetary protection for a mars mission. They had better drop that dirty thing well away from Oxia Planum.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I'm being semi pedantic, because I understand the huge effort that was mobilised to get the VO launch to happen, and although it wasn't ultimately successful, history shouldn't be rewritten.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Europe's first? Does the Virgin Orbit attempt fall into the grey area of "not Europe, not vertical launch and not successful"?

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Pretty disappointed at the UK media reporting of this. Quality and accuracy seems to be less important than sensationalism these days. And BBC still using "manned".

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So. Electric State. Everywhere I look I see negative reviews. Is it in my top 10, probably not. Is it terrible. No way. Give it a go.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So is this a Starship landing or orbital insertion? What's the plan for planetary protection from all those microbes and bacteria from Texas? (And unmanned again BBC, really?)🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Elon Musk says first SpaceX mission to Mars will launch next year - BBC News

The billionaire says an unmanned mission by his SpaceX "Starship" vehicle will be followed by human landings as early as 2029.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So you got a Volvo estate, with a supercharged V12 engine. 😄

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Id have pushed for the axle pair to be replaced. What car did you get? I've been wondering if I can guess.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The car you bought days ago needs a new tire? Was it sold with a duff tire?

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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 17/03/2025

The UK is getting back into a run of evening sightings of the ISS, and (whisper it) maybe clear skies. Tonight's good pass is 20:01 in Swindon, but you can look up your times at spotthestation.nasa.gov. Look West at the right time, look out for a really bright, moving dot, and give the Crew a wave.

spotthestation.nasa.gov

Spot The Station

See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I can't believe it took me until my mid 40s to discover that unconditional love from a dog is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Still got mine too. Id have it as a phone in a heartbeat. It's tiny, but perfect. Damn boring smartphones have ruined everything.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Point your scope somewhere else. There's loads of sky. 😄

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

You could see it with your naked eye. I did!

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Did you see it being chased by what I assume is a Dragon?

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Just watched the ISS pass overhead and what I presume is a Dragon chasing along behind it. I've been ISS spotting for 20+ years (and Mir before that) and it still blows my mind to see a crewed spaceship with my own eyes.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Yes perhaps surprisingly for many, UK does have a space agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social, .as well as leading space capabilities and some of this is supporting an excellent European Space Agency programme @esa.int - so we must celebrate and nurture this vs darker times elsewhere…

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Making paper planes with a group of Guides. It's all about inspiring them, but I always come away from these events feeling inspired and energised myself.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Actually, pulled out the box last weekend and found an iPhone charge cable that a friend's daughter needed. This vindication means the box will only get bigger, and possibly multiply.😁

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