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Jason Hutt

@jthutt.bsky.social
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NASA Human Spaceflight for 25+ years. Displaced Philadelphian. Go Birds! Amateur photographer. Occasional sci-fi writer. Sent people to the Moon! Go then. There are other worlds than these. otherworlds.picfair.com

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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 17m
Had my first Moon Base presentation of any consequence today and argued to not pursue a design change on the first Hab element. So, uh, carry on, then…nothing to see here
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Made decent progress on the BD unit build today. Last weekend I broke both lower leg housings so just not having to start over is good.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Packing up and moving out of my old Orion office. It’s tradition here to get a going away picture signed by the team you’re leaving. Next one will be from Artemis II
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sirianni is the Eagles all-time leader in wins that you hate.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Devonta Smith is a modern day Lynn Swann
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After the 1st quarter, my wife said the Titans T looks like a uterus and now I can’t unsee it.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I remember my Dad dropping me off at the movie theater to go see this by myself. It was heartbreaking and epic to that 10 year old.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tomorrow I’m leading a discussion to define how astronauts will respond to a loss of cabin pressure in a Moon Base module. 20 year old me who had trouble finding a co-op job because of poor grades & no real concept of what he’d do post graduation would be astounded.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Never forget the cab ride I had in Northern Calif. ~12 years ago when the cabbie asked if I’d ever heard of chemtrails, I said no, he explained what they were, and I immediately said, oh that’s just water vapor from humidity condensing around airfoils. I didn’t realize this was a conspiracy thing
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Birds win and everyone’s unhappy. Great to be back!
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not sure how I feel about that iPhone back to the Moon commercial
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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have a story in the new issue of New Delta Review, a story about a man who has invented a futuristic toilet, which was prompted by a dream in which a friend kept bragging about how he'd invented "the toilet of the future." I think it's pretty good. ndrmag.org/waste
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Waste
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every night she comes and stares at me when it gets close to walk time.
Black and white dog sitting on the edge of the couch.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In my opinion, the sensationalism highlighted here hurts our overall exploration efforts by giving people unrealistic expectations for how long progress actually will take. There are so many engineering challenges that need to be overcome for setting up a base on another world.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I’ll consider this a pathfinder for future T-Rex deliveries
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a pleasing factoid: the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is the same size and weight as a T-Rex! Countdown: 15 days to launch! 🚀 AUG 30, 2026 11:26 UTC ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...
A sketch of a T-Rex dinosaur (big feet, tiny hands) next to a sketch of the Roman telescope.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sadly, I missed the event where these were handed out but still nice to get them today. Whole lot of effort captured on 3 pieces of paper.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
After 1 full week on Moon Base, I’m here to report that, yep, this is gonna be a challenge.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Guess I hold stop playing with space toys so I can get up early and figure out how to make a Moon Base.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Never shared my revamped Death Star trench run. Added warm white surface lights as the nominal station lights. The mechanism to get the X-wing moving through the trench works in theory. Completely overhauled the position. May just turn that on only occasionally.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
For #stunday, another one of my favorites from Norway. Taken on the drive from Oppdal to Sunndal in the early evening. The way the clouds interact with the hillside just makes the area feel more mythical.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
With 2 of my daughters now out of the house, that means more time to focus on what I do best - ridiculous Star Wars Christmas decorations.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Walked around the neighborhood tonight thinking about the fundamental differences in crew response to a loss of cabin pressure for Moon Base in comparison to every other spacecraft we’ve operated as one does…
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One of the first things I need to do to be successful in my new role I get a better understanding of what it means to operate on the Lunar surface. I’m aware at a high level - 1/6th gravity, dust gets everywhere gets everywhere, lighting & temp extremes, uneven terrain -
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
WPI updated their Q&A with me on my role for Artemis II. I did this before I even applied to join the Moon Base team, but you can see that’s where my mind was. wp.wpi.edu/journal/articles/qa-with…
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I started on ISS way back in 1999, we would roll our eyes at the old guys who kept bringing up how they did things back in shuttle. Now for Moon Base, I get to be the insufferable old guy who brings up how we did things on ISS and/or Orion. In short, I am now firmly in the old guy category.
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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you read one thing today, make it this stunning essay in @theatlantic.com by @juliacurlee.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The choice could not be clearer.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Man, I do not recommend reading Claire North’s The End of the Day while you’re working through several emotionally challenging life changes. I need to just go stare at some waterfalls and mountains for a while.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tomorrow is my last full day on Orion. It’s been an amazing 10 years.
Me in the Orion Crew Survival Suit doing a crew time on back test to see if I could sit like this for 3 hours. Me in the Orion mock-up in Houston doing a public outreach event with the Intrepid Museum in New York. I’m sitting on a seat back holding an Orion model, talking through docking with another spacecraft. Me sitting at the Callisto console during Artemis I about to talk to Alexa on-board Orion. Me on the launch pad with the Artemis II vehicle behind me.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I love every time someone asks “are you okay” in From, because the answer is always clearly and unequivocally no.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This Rook looked like he was going to give us a side quest. Found him at the Botanical Gardens in Trondheim.
A Rook perched on the edge of a branch.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I’d like to thank this Eurasian Jackdaw for looking epic for me. #stunday
Eurasian jackdaw taking flight in front of a green pond. It’s blue iris looking toward the camera. Eurasian jackdaw in flight, wing feather fully splayed. Eurasian jackdaw, wings at the top of their flap.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Time for some fresh coats of paint for the little girl who’s not a little girl any more.
A light green painted wall with 2 star stickers, a pink heart drawn on the wall and the black outline where a dry erase board used to hang.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A member of my team gave me a card and this pen, wishing me well as I move to Moon Base. But, can I really be a humble genius if I have a pen that calls me humble genius? I feel like the pen negates the concept.
Yellow pen with white lettering that reads Humble Genius At Work.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My put it on a postcard pics from London & across Norway. #stunday
Big Ben and Parliament taken from the opposite side of the Thames. The Bakklandet in Trondheim. Colorful houses line both sides of a river and a blue sky, dotted with white clouds. A waterfall from Iladalen Park in Trondheim. Gol Stave Church at the Norwegian Cultural Museum in Oslo. A tall gothic wooden church under a cloudy sky.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
On a drive from Trondheim to Oppdal, we came across this derpy momma moose. She looks like she stepped right out of a cartoon.
Derpy brown momma moose (her 2 calves were nearby) in a field of green grass in front of some dense trees.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hard to do Norway justice in photos.
Bottom right third of the photo is a hillside covered with densely packed trees. Middle this is a rocky hillside dotted with trees and a smattering of clouds. Left third is a swirl of clouds.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Best photo of a Musk Ox I got on the Musk Ox hike today.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Best photo of a Musk Ox I got on the Musk Ox hike today.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My college graduate. At Royal Holloway University of London. #stunday
My daughter, wearing her graduation robes, tosses her mortar into the air in front of RHUL founder’s building.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Couple weeks ago, I got tired of wrestling/struggling with my 3D printer and decided to buy a new one. There’s been a definite technological leap. Multi-color, high-speed, better precision prints are just amazing.
A collection of blue, white, and silver 3D printed parts for a BD droid.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We had our formal post-flight engineering assessment for Artemis II yesterday. Big difference between Artemis I and II. Coming out of I, we had several major investigations, the heat shield being the top item that would take a couple years of effort to resolve.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Absolutely going to use this example next time someone asks me why it took so long to get back to the Moon.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Even though I’m still closing out my Orion work, I’ve already picked up my first Moon Base assignments. First up - sort out mating of Moon Base modules on the lunar surface. Since we’ve got different modules being built by different partner countries…
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Some personal career news - in about 4 weeks I’ll be transitioning from Orion to our new Moon Base Program as a Moon Base Habitation Office Technical Lead. Our office is responsible for all the habitable elements on the lunar surface. My role is to help address issues that span across elements.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
One of my extremely talented coworkers and fellow Artemis II MER manager is there supporting. stop by the Orion exhibit and see her.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My guy has no chill when it comes to eating his breakfast
Big white dog, hunkered down, head in the food bowl, with his front legs spread out to the side, ready to block others out.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Taking pictures of the local dinosaurs in prep for an upcoming trip.
A blue heron standing tall in green grass A blue heron stepping off a driveway and onto green grassA blue heron perched at the pinnacle of a house. Golden light from the setting sun highlights his belly.
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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The cat has decided that the curl support for my little home gym is his favorite toy. He likes to try and drag the whole thing into middle daughter’s room. It’s his den.
The underside of a black padded attachment, torn to shit by hundreds of tiny claws.
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