Ret. Astronaut | Adjunct Prof ISU | AWD-Winning Author | STEAM advocate | Speaker | Media: astroclay.com & astronautclaytonanderson.com

Joined January 2010
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This book is AMAZING! Loved by young and old and all in between, it's a great gift idea, anytime! ⁦ @SleepingBearBks#IrisAmaya #Illustrator #SoYouWantToBeAnAstronaut
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Welcome to Memorial Stadium, Savannah @BananaBall_ — Thanks for honoring Coach Osborne! 🐐⚾️🌽🍌
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Awesome!
Through These Gates passes the greatest coach in College Football history.
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Normal launch between 2.5 and 3. Off nominal situation could get you to ten…, but for short duration.
Uh @Astro_Clay what’s the average g-force an astronaut would pull?
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May God continue to bless America! Let’s go USA!!! @FIFAWorldCup

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Nope…, “Brainwaves” nails it!
Replying to @Astro_Clay
For me it may be >15, but it's not in our nature to give up, now is it?
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Keep building. Never give up. Failure is not an option. Congratulations to visionary @elonmusk and the builders at @SpaceX - a truly iconic American company. 🚀🚀🚀
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Good company to be in…
First Millionaire: John Astor (~early 1800s)
First Billionaire: John D. Rockefeller (1916)
First Trillionaire: Elon Musk (2026)
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They did it. SpaceX has now launched more satellites than the rest of humanity, combined, all time.
SpaceX is only ~200 satellites away from having launched as many satellites as the rest of the world combined (despite giving the rest of the world a 61-year head start)
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People like Elon Musk did not become wealthy by defrauding, stealing, or robbing people. They became wealthy by offering goods and services that other people wanted or needed and were willing to buy. The difference is HUGE.
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The world’s first trillionaire is an African-American.
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Elon Musk @elonmusk. The embodiment of the American spirit. One of the world’s greatest dreamers, whose realized dreams benefit all of humanity. Believer in: - hard work - courage - resilience - perseverance - faith in oneself - human potential - objective truth - untamed vision - the power of faith - the power of optimism - rejecting defeat - turning setbacks into comebacks - individual liberty - rugged individualism - free speech - free enterprise - the rule of law - good prevailing over evil - nothing is impossible He is the American Dream. He deserves every success he has achieved. Congratulations, Elon. We thank you.
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Hope not! Great work by Gary Larsen…
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The first trillionaire in human history - Elon Musk - Born in South Africa - Bullied relentlessly as a kid - Immigrated to North America - Arrived with a backpack and a dream - Built Zip2 with his brother - Sold it 4 years later for $300 million - Co-founded PayPal with the profits - Revolutionised digital payments - Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion - Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX - Got mocked for electric cars - Got laughed at for reusable rockets - Nearly went bankrupt in 2008 - Kept building anyway - Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker - Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry - Made reusable rockets a reality - Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95% - Sparked the modern commercial space race - Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet - Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history - Bought Twitter for $44 billion - The world said he overpaid - He was called reckless, stupid & crazy - Advertisers fled, media declared it dead - Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history - Renamed it 𝕏 - Rebuilt the platform anyway - Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth - Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race - Sent astronauts to space - Is trying to get humans to mars - Created millions of jobs - Generated hundreds of billions in value - Inspired an entire generation of builders Before: - Failed repeatedly - Worked insane hours - Slept in factories and offices - Got bullied, laughed at and mocked - Constantly told “it’s impossible” - Kept building anyway - Made it possible Today: - Richest person on Earth - First trillionaire in human history - Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion Most people quit when the world laughs at them. Elon Musk built the future instead. Love him or hate him… Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime. Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI. History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done. It will remember the people who did it anyway. Congratulations Elon. The first trillionaire. 🚀
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Oh man…, I would have been a great guest…!
Hi Matthew… When possible, I started my audience warm-up outside the studio before RX began… (And the goofier the better, to break the ice…) #Catchphrase audiences and contestants were great fun… From kids to Grannies… and everybody in between — one of the major things that helped to prep me for my work in the cruise industry — particularly at @RoyalCaribbean (with that brand’s focus on families).
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What is it for Nebraska? Asking for a friend…
Our "50 for 50" artifact for North Carolina is none other than the 1903 Wright Flyer! The Wright brothers inaugurated the aerial age with the world's first successful flights of a powered heavier-than-air flying machine near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
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Clayton C. Anderson - The Ordinary Spaceman™ retweeted
WATCH: An emotional Joba Chamberlain takes the mound as the surprise Savannah Banana tonight. Chamberlain pointed to the sky in the honor of his late father.⚾️ (@1011_News, @Joba_44)
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Your eyes will be fine if you have a certain protein in your DNA like #TheOrdinarySpaceman®️
Did you know astronauts' eyes & brains can change in space? 👀🧠 A new study is taking a closer look at these changes, why they happen, & how long they may persist after returning to Earth. Learn how this will help keep spacefarers healthy on missions to the Moon & Mars!
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Crapola…
Antarctica as View from the International Space Station...
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Hope it works! #YouDaMan!!!
It's very important for the Axiom Station and future space stations to be as autonomous as possible. A space station requires constant monitoring, but it is unrealistic for a private company to replicate the depth of NASA's current mission control. Future private space stations will likely rely more heavily on newer technology, robotics, and AI to reduce the need for a large mission control team.
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