House SS&T Dems just issued a report re NASA and the FY2026 budget: "Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President's Budget Request Without Congressional Approval." Calls on Isaacman to "defend" NASA and not do the same w/FY2027 request.
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
If the price of gas is so important that it makes constant news, maybe we need to reconsider how we designed our society and cities. Maybe, just maybe, there's something wrong with a system that's so reliant on this one thing
Solicitation says January 2027 for funding start
July 14th for FINESST proposal due date!!
(When does that mean funding will start??)
I blame Reagan for everything.
OMG that was my first dps but that went right over my head at the time
Niche post for this account, but unfortunately I have accidentally become obsessed with the music of Chess despite the book making no sense whatsoever.
I ask for privacy during this trying time.
A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us.
If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems.
In case you were wondering about the vibe in space science lately, experiencing both halves of a Star Trek evil mirror universe episode at the same time is physically nauseating.
If you’ve been moved & inspired by Artemis, NASA needs your help. Literally during A2, the president proposed cutting NASA science 47%, canceling 54 missions, including many already in-flight. To help stop these cuts, check out @planetarysociety.bsky.social www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
Vacillating between Amaze Amaze Amaze and Oh Fuck We Are All Going To Die on the same day makes us all astronauts, too.
As a constituent, @elfreth.house.gov and @vanhollen.senate.gov, I am disappointed to not see your name on this list and I urge you to work to remove Trump from office before he commits additional crimes and further reduces our standing in the world.
My condolences to @alsobrooks.senate.gov.
Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY!
The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.
In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president
Phobos and Deimos are right there, we could make this happen
Attn: @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.
it's a very weird lens artifact and mars has them too? rings for mars!
A photo of earthset from the NASA Artemis crew.
A photo of the total solar eclipse from the NASA Artemis crew.
Whiplash waking up to these photos alongside what the President has been saying. Hard to find words to describe the feeling of seeing these photos. I can't imagine what it was like for the crew to see it with their own eyes. Wow.
the universe is so full of beauty
i think we should be clear that just because the astronauts did not immediately declare the moon haunted, does not mean it is not haunted
it may mean that the astronauts are now themselves haunted
have we prepared for this eventuality and if so how
Thank you, I hate it
(But I do always love learning, so actually thanks)
TIL and I'm so mad
So I would say that there should be a path back to redemption for *everyone* because if there isn’t then we might as well kill these people but “a path back to redemption” need not be easy, automatic, or restore them to their previous position of power.
Someone asked a question about the difference between art & science. It was wonderful to see many of us on the same page... Because what several of us said very quickly was - The differences you see are driven by capitalism and the Industrial Revolution, and choices about what is valued.
The fact that Congress isn’t stopping it is also why none of our allies will ever be able to trust the United States again.*
*The best hope we have is unpacking the Court, prosecutions, and massive structural reform.
Full image of Earth taken by the crew of Artemis II. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
How anybody can look at this image and think there are better options out there is entirely beyond me.
The only planet with whales, and butterflies, and giant sequoias. Home.
House SS&T Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) has a succinct comment on the FY2027 budget request. Not specific to NASA, but about science and innovation overall. Haven't seen a statement from Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX) yet.
Graphic with the text "Action Alert: AAS urges advocacy against proposed cuts to science in President's Budget Request"
The President's Budget Request proposes a 47% cut to NASA Science, a 55% cut to NSF, and a 13% cut to the DOE Office of Science. AAS President Dr. Dara Norman sent a call to action to AAS members via email today. Urge your members of Congress to reject these cuts now! aas.org/reject-2027-...
once again thermal inertia is my enemy
(I can't go have lunch until this machine comes back to temperature from being heated to 900 K)