thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 22/12/2024...restrictions are there for a reason so that people DON'T develop side effects such as NHL. Just because glyphosate exists on a crop does not mean its level is high enough to cause NHL. Literacy rates are in the bin. 020 2
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 22/12/2024This means literally nothing. The implication here is that Bayer are profiting by selling drugs for NHL whilst causing people to develop it in the first place by a company they own. There are restrictions for how much glyphosate is allowed on human food crops as set out by the EPA. Those... 100 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 20/11/2024NASA's Image of the Day: www.nasa.gov/image-detail...nasa.govOn This Day: Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon - NASAOn Nov. 19, 1969, astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, begins to step off the ladder of the lunar module to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., mission commander, in a ... 010 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 20/11/202455 years ago on November 19th 1969, Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean of Apollo 12 takes his first walk on the Moon, marking the second crew to ever walk on the Moon. Read more about some interesting details on Apollo 12 in my thread here: 🧵 120 2
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024NASA's Image of the Day: www.nasa.gov/image-detail...nasa.govTwo Years Ago: Artemis I Launch - NASANASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launched on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida... 010 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024The Artemis program is ongoing, and its long-term goal is to establish a permanent base on the Moon to facilitate human missions to Mars! It is expected that Artemis II will perform a crewed lunar flyby, and Artemis III will involve a crewed lunar landing for the first time in over 50 years. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024This is how recovery teams found the spacecraft. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Here is Orion's splashdown 20 minutes later, landing in the Pacific Ocean, southwest of California. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024At 5:20pm on December 11th, Orion reentered the Earth's atmosphere. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Once launched and separated, the spacecraft (called Orion) deployed its 24-foot solar wings and made its first flyby of the Moon. It then performed a distant orbit of the Moon for five days, before making its final flyby of the Moon and eventually returning to Earth. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Artemis I was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Initially, the launch was scheduled for August 29th but was delayed multiple times. Although unmanned, the spacecraft carried three mannequins equipped with sensors to provide data on their experiences. Snoopy even rode along! 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024🔭 NASA's Image of the Day: Artemis I Launch (November 16th, 2022). Artemis I was an unmanned Moon-orbiting mission primarily aimed at testing the spacecraft for subsequent Artemis missions, and it marked NASA's return to lunar exploration after the Apollo program was terminated 50 years prior. 1110 11
Reposted by @thomchad.bsky.socialthomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024🔭 NASA's Image of the Day: The Launch of Apollo 12. 55 years ago today (November 14th 1969) Apollo 12 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:22am. It was the second ever lunar landing mission, taking place four months after Neil Armstrong's lunar landing with Apollo 11. 142 4
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024🔭 NASA's Image of the Day: The Launch of Apollo 12. 55 years ago today (November 14th 1969) Apollo 12 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:22am. It was the second ever lunar landing mission, taking place four months after Neil Armstrong's lunar landing with Apollo 11. 142 4
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I'm an amateur astronomer who stargazes in his sparetime. 100 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 15/11/2024***CORRECTION*** The probe had landed two-and-a-half years earlier; not seven months earlier. Here is a picture of Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 probe. 000 0
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024NASA's Image of the Day: www.nasa.gov/image-detail...nasa.gov55 Years Ago: Apollo 12 Launches - NASAThe 363-feet tall Apollo 12 space vehicle launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:22 a.m. EST, Nov. 14, 1969. Aboard the Apollo 12 spacecraft were astron... 010 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024As result of the mission, geologists were able to date the impact that formed the crater known as Copernicus to 810,000,000 years ago! 210 2
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Here is footage of Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean accidentally pointing the first colour camera on the Moon at the Sun, and thus destroying its sensor. As a result, TV coverage of the mission immediately ended. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Apollo 12's mission patch reflects the crew's naval background as US Navy commanders and is quite hilarious. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024He followed through but was never able to collect his money. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024A reporter had previously questioned Conrad as to whether NASA had instructed Neil Armstrong on what to say as he stepped on the Moon. In response, Conrad (a short man) bet her $500 that his first words would be, "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Because of the strikes, it was feared that the parachute of the command module (which housed the crew) was damaged and would not deploy when the crew returned back to Earth, though Mission Control decided not to share this information with them since the rocket had already lifted off. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Thankfully little damage was done, and they were quickly able to put the fuel cells back online. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Just seconds after launching, the rocket was struck TWICE by lightning. These strikes knocked ALL THREE fuel cells offline, meaning the spacecraft was being powered only by its batteries, and caused the control panel to turn entirely red with warning lights. 110 1
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The crew, commanded by Charles Conrad, made a precise landing on November 19th near to a robotic probe which had landed seven months prior. In total the crew spent just over 31 hours on the Moon's surface, and landed back on Earth on the 24th. 210 2
thomchad.bsky.social @thomchad.bsky.social · 13/11/2024It is really strange how normal (almost) everyone seems to be on here. It puts into perspective how the Twitter algorithm destroys your brain by pushing ragebait. 170 7
