Aerospace engineer, pilot & astronomer. Lunar systems / space resources at @BlueOrigin. Opinions my own, but call me out if I'm an asshole about them. He/him.
Joined October 2009
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24 Feb 2023
I don't take comfort in *knowing* the future will be better.
I do take comfort in a robust data-informed extrapolation that we have made the world better by most available metrics, and are highly probable to continue doing so.
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Our crew π
Introducing your Artemis III crew: NASA astronauts @AstroKomrade, @Astro_AndreD, and Frank Rubio and @ESA astronaut @Astro_Luca.
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Our crew.
We get to meet *our crew* tomorrow.
6 years ago, I started this new job because I missed the challenge of human spaceflight. Of engineering for our crew.
*Our* crew.
And we get to meet them tomorrow.
Coming soon: one of historyβs most complex missions
Tune in on Tuesday, June 9, at 11am ET, to meet the astronauts flying aboard Artemis III, the mission that will test docking capabilities with commercial landers in low Earth orbit β an important step to crewed lunar landings.
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Well shoot. There goes my plans for the weekend.
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Come on down and find me at #AlaskaAviation day at SeaTac today! We've got planes! PLANES! MOAR PLANES!
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Unironically, this painting by @BryanLarsenArts is how I feel about engineering sometimes:
Confronting the arbitrary limits and punishments that petty gods have placed upon humanity, and saying "Oh that? We fixed that."
May 12
Details and full painting:
'Per Aspera Ad Culmen: Sisyphus Rests'
32x40 inches, oil on aluminum panel
Private Commission
Prints of this one will be available soon! If you're interested, you can sign up for my newsletter to be notified when that happens.
bryanlarsen.com
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"One must imagine Sisyphus with a civil engineering degree"
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Max Fagin ππ΄πβπ retweeted
May 26
Lunar Permanence is only possible with recurring access to the Moon, and it starts this year. Proud to support @NASAMoonBase at the lunar South Pole with our Blue Moon MK1 vehicles delivering high-cadence, low-cost accessβMK1-101 Endurance (Moon Base 1), followed by MK1-102 VIPER, and two additional MK1 missions supporting Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTVs).
βCongratulations @BlueOrigin and we are looking forward to this partnership to deliver the first lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) as part of @NASAMoonBase program.β
Moon Base program executive Carlos GarcΓa-GalΓ‘n congratulates the recipient of the LTV delivery award.
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Aerodyamics and fluid mechanics.
Aerospace and civil engineering.
Optics and botany.
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Nah. We already solved that threat. It's called Google Translate.
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I've heard tell of test pilots who run the Bonneville salt flats at 100 ft and 500 knots.
I'll settle for 100 knots and 500 ft. π
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New datacenter site is 5 min from where I grew up, and my dad was at this meeting!
Based in what he reported, it sounds like there is a lot of overlap between "people who hate datacenters" and "People who still need to ask their grandkids how to open email attachments"π
May 14
Iβm here for a second community meeting concerning #projecttaurus in Colorado Springs.
A California company, Raeden, is looking to build an #AI data center in the city.
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Huh. Claude has figured out that I don't want it to be flattering and affirming.
That conclusion is accurate. But also very... flattering and affirming π
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"No no, I don't think you quite understand. I said 'Tower', not 'Meower'. And no, I don't think the FAA would approve of doing that with a laser pointer. Also, I don't think you are taking this flight briefing very seriously."
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Showed this to an Artemis Astronaut at a meeting.
They laughed π€©
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Excellent example of why the best strategy to explore Mars isn't just autonomous robots; it's autonomous robots *and* local supervising astronauts. This is the kind of error it would have taken ~seconds to clear if there was a human present, instead of ~hours to fix remotely.
Got something weighing you down? Shake it off (like Curiosity)!
The Martian explorer unintentionally picked up a rock while drilling a recent sample, but the team was able to dislodge it by having the rover move its robotic arm and vibrate the drill until the rock fell off.
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It's been so long since I read this, but god does Arthur C. Clark's 1955 story "Earthlight" paint a recognizable portrait of astronomers.
Who cares if there is a war between Mars and Earth breaking out overhead? We've got *light curves* to measure π«‘
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It doesn't matter what side of the war you are on. Your first loyalty is to the truth and integrity of the data, and you share that with everyone (So do the astronomers on the other side)
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"I guess stars are like people. The well behaved ones never attract much attention. They teach us something, of course, but we can learn a lot more from the ones that go off the rails" π€£
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