KiwiThinker (@kiwithinker)
Interested in all things space related. In particular SpaceX and their missions to the Moon and Mars.
Is the Android future now?
The 1999 movie Bicentennial Man start off with the phrase "the not to distant future...". Given the advancements in humanoid development we see happing today, one has to wonder if it will start to ...
Today in Space History - LADEE Begins Its Lunar Journey
Today in Space History - LADEE Begins Its Lunar Journey 🚀 Stardate 2756.3247 (SEPTEMBER 7, 2013) On this day in 2013, NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer lifted off aboard a Mino...
Today in Space History - Viking 2 Settles on Utopia 🚀
Today in Space History - Viking 2 Settles on Utopia 🚀 Stardate 809.8477 (SEPTEMBER 3, 1976) On this day in 1976 the Viking 2 lander completed its careful descent and came to rest on the northern p...
Today in Space History - India's Solar Vanguard 🚀
Today in Space History - India's Solar Vanguard 🚀 Stardate 3281.5100 (SEPTEMBER 2, 2023) On this day in 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched Aditya-L1, its first spacecraft dedica...
low-G orbital Retirement
Sometime in the maybe near future, will people retire to low-G orbital stations? A big spinning space station high above Earth. Windows full of the planet turning below. You walk the corridors and ...
🚀 Spacefarer Update 🚀
🚀 Spacefarer Update 🚀 Number of people currently in space: 10 Comings and Goings This Week There have been no arrivals or departures this week. Current Space Occupants ISS Expedition 75: 7 spacef...
James Webb telescope power
Starbase, Louisiana Starship Transport Stand.
Starbase, Louisiana. I really hope they are going to build this ship transport stands and it's not just a render. I guess since they are starting from scratch they can build the roads they need for...
Today in Space History - Crossing into the Unknown
Today in Space History - Crossing into the Unknown 🚀 Stardate 2701.8720 (AUGUST 25, 2012) On August 25, 2012, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft crossed the heliopause, becoming the first human-made obje...
The Isaacman Effect - Week 31
The Isaacman Effect - Week 31 This week Administrator Isaacman kept the pressure on for Artemis III. He visited key American industry partners building the critical hardware. Stops included Collins...
Not using all the suns power
The thing about energy from the Sun is that even though we use it, the Sun doesn’t get used up. Every other energy source we pull from gets consumed when we use it. Coal, oil, gas, uranium - once i...
Today in Space History - First Mixed Crew on Salyut
Today in Space History - First Mixed Crew on Salyut 🚀 Stardate 1123.1591 (AUGUST 19, 1982) The Soyuz T-7 spacecraft lifted off on August 19, 1982, carrying Svetlana Savitskaya to the Salyut 7 spac...
Today in Space History - Venera 7 Departs for Venus 🚀
Today in Space History - Venera 7 Departs for Venus 🚀 AUGUST 17, 1970 In the early hours of August 17, 1970, a Molniya rocket lifted Venera 7 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft was bound for...
Mars Independence Overview
The Rise of AI Agents as Our "Third Arm"
Until recently, most of us thought about AI advancement in terms of just two arms. 🤔The thinking arm - powerful models like Grok for research, prompt engineering, and creative generation. 🦾The ph...