Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 7hiPhone? In Settings click Focus then click Sleep I schedule 10 PM to 6 AM for no calls ringing thru Of course the Swedish Academy is straight out of luck 120
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But we just don't have the rocket capability to go fast. It's a big limit to what we can do in the solar system. Solar or nuclear electric propulsion gives a high exhaust velocity (~30 km/s) but very low thrust. Nuclear thermal propulsion is still untried and it could fry other spacecraft. 000
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So ESA's JUICE mission www.esa.int/Science_Expl... successfully executed a gravity assist flyby of the Earth today on its way to Jupiter. Congratulations! But why spend 8 years getting to Jupiter? The Hohmann transter only takes 2.6 years. Time is money after all.esa.intJuice 100
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But the vampires will be repelled more! I am 10 days past my flu & COVID shots so my protection should be pretty good by now. 110
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'd say "Get an EV" but my 2027 Bolt was in the shop W-F last week and popped the same warning light this week on Tuesday. So it's in at least until Monday. 8+ days in the shop over two weeks. Not great. And I have a loaner but it uses gas so I'll have to go to a gas station! 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I remember going to China to teach in a short course and give a conference talk: they just looked at my ticket and peeled off a bunch of $100s. 111
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In 1964 I went to an NSF Summer Science Training Program at VPI and learned FORTRAN on two IBM 1620 machines: one with 20,000 digits of RAM and one with 60,000 digits. A fully functional compiler in 10 kB! Then a PDP 11 and an IBM 7094 and an IBM 360. No microprocessors. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We are pretty sure they are working for Putin. Russia in 2016 was never a hoax. 040
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I remember lining up at my elementary school to get the Salk vaccine. Polio was scary. 000
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I had basal cell carcinoma on my face which led to a successful Mohs surgery and then annual checkups. I hope your treatment and followup go as smoothly. 011
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Recently opened near me. Strangely enough I have nothing to do with it. 160
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A credit line for the artist is the obvious solution. JPL might object that it isn't their tradition. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Back in LA but a rainy Labor Day weekend is a totally different place. Using my Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirrored Room - “The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away” souvenir coffee cup. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Back in LA after 6400 miles in a 2027 Bolt. Annoying that Tesla has some charging stations that are only for Tesla vehicles. SUPER annoying that GM includes these stations in their their route planning database! Nothing like arriving at a charger with low battery and not being able to use it. 041
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 02/09/2026On the road again! Back to LA 2027 Chevy Bolt uses a Tesla charging port but the red superchargers with the hole has a cord too short to reach the Bolt port. So I have to hog two spaces But the new superchargers have longer cords. 030
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Trump tore up the JCPOA with Iran. He tore up NAFTA. He tore up the USMCA he himself negotiated. He can't be trusted. Also he probably can't get a deal better than the JCPOA, so he has LOST the war with IRAN, and he can't bring himself to accept it. So get solar+battery for your house and an EV! 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The naval blockade of Iranian ports can STOP oil getting out. The threat of Iranian drones and mines can STOP oil getting out. So both the US and Iran can STOP oil getting out, but only by agreeing on a peace deal can they ALLOW oil to get out. But Trump can't be trusted to keep to any deal! 2/3 100
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Trump claims the US controls the Strait of Hormuz and that plenty of oil is getting through. But the price of gas is up 88 cents/gallon and diesel is up $1.90/gal. Conclusion: Trump is deliberately screwing over America! But more likely Trump is just lying about our "control". 1/3 110
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Is this the ceremony where they give out service medals? In 2018 I received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal at a ceremony at JSC, but the administrator Jim Bridenstine spoke not President Trump. 000
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Weather is fine and the Moon is eclipsed But night mode on my phone gets stars and overexposes the Moon 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Of course the Woods Hole forecast is a chance of light rain 100
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lunar eclipse tonight peaking at 0012 EDT. Here’s a pic of the Moon rising over Water St a couple of nights ago. 140
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Revisiting what remains of the R/V Chain (just the nameplate hanging in the Captain Kidd) 57 years after I spent a week at sea on her during my gap year between college and grad school working at NRL. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Unfortunately the mission to reboost the Swift GRB mission has failed. This was an extremely ambitious project but it failed before it got to attempt the ambitious parts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_b...en.wikipedia.orgSwift boost mission - Wikipedia 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Got a backstage tour of WHOI yesterday including the yard and lab where Ocean Observation Initiative moorings are refurbished. This is a surface float which has solar panels, wind turbines, satellite communications, and meteorological instruments. 030
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Went on a road trip to Hyannis today. Had lunch at Spanky’s Clam Shack and then a harbor cruise. Heard a lot about Hyannisport, Then the JFK Museum and JFK Memorial shown below. 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 16/08/2026 Beautiful morning for a race. Here’s the elite women on Nobska Rd, 2 miles into the race. 000
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 15/08/2026More than 100 portapotties have sprung up in Woods Hole around the start with more along the race route. Over 11,000 runners registered. Wheelchair start 7:40 AM EDT Sunday 8/16/26. These are at WHOI’s Redfield Lab. 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The R/V Hugh R Sharp has left Woods Hole. The Falmouth Road Race is in 2 days, and the starting line in front of the Captain Kidd is freshly repainted. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I got an E-mail announcing the Planetary Defense Conference 2027 exercise. These are always fun. See cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc27/ The conference is May 3-7 2027 in Montreal, so of course the risk corridor goes through the Montreal area. Will humans be smarter than the dinosaurs? Wait and see,cneos.jpl.nasa.govPlanetary Defense Conference Exercise - 2027 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Jetty at the National Marine Fisheries Service lab in Woods Hole. Normally one can fish from the jetty but it’s awash under a high spring tide. 051
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Sophisticated observation of the 15% partial eclipse. Left is during eclipse while right is before 050
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The R/V Hugh R. Sharp is back at WHOI’s Smith Dock this morning - 8/12/26. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Trump lies about vaccines to push an anti-vax agenda and kill kids. Remember that Trump fast tracked COVID-19 vaccine development with Project Warp Speed and pushed himself to the front of the line in Dec 2020 to get the approved shot. 040
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A lot of the overgrown vegetation has been cleared from the Saturn sign. 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Had fun at the Science Stroll today Lots of exhibits set up on Smith Dock, MBL, Waterfront Park, and the Fisheries No big R/V in today but here’s a photo showing a big ferry pulling in. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Good bike ride this AM (8/6/26) up to the Sippewissett Marsh which is just past Uranus on the scale model solar sytem. 030
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 05/08/2026At 6 PM on 8/5/26 both the Lynx and the Corwith Cramer have gone out. 000
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This morning 8/5/26 the R/V Hugh R. Sharp was gone. The Corwith Cramer and the Lynx are still docked. 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Shipping news: the Lynx, a topsail schooner that is a replica of a privateer from 1812, is tied up at Smith Dock. In the summer she sails daily with tourists out of Nantucket but maybe today’s weather is a bit too much, or she’ll be open during the Science Stroll 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It could mean a bigger ship is coming in. The Science Stroll is next Saturday, 8/8/26. 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Shipping news: the R/V Hugh R. Sharp is back in Woods Hole, this time on the other side of Smith Dock so it’s closer to the Corwith Cramer. 130
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Eel Pond population of striped bass seems to be flourishing. These big guys were hoping I’d throw some dead squid culled from the MBL specimen holding tanks in the building behind me into the pond. 020
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Ship news in Woods Hole: The Corwith Cramer is provisioning probablyto go out to sea. 030
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Yesterday 7/29/26 the visiting R/V Hugh R. Sharp from Delaware departed leaving the WHOI Smith Dock with just the small R/V Tioga. MBL’s R/V Discovery is tied up to the MBL dock. 010
Ned Wright @mapping3k.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I'd think about buying at 90% below the IPO price, and I am a rocket scientist. 010