Dan Galletti

I love @spacex I honestly do. But I have to say my hopes for the future since their IPO has me worried. SpaceX was going to be the company that finally got Spaceflight and space exploration right. Affordable, reliable, and just done! We were getting partial orbital class rocket reusability with Falcon 9. We were working on COMPLETE reusability with Starship. From a flying water tower Hopper to Orbit. We were going to the Moon, to Mars to Titan to the Ice Giants. Large scientific payloads exploring all over the Solar System. Huge telescopes observing beyond it. These were the hopes and futures promised by SpaceX. Humanity slipping the surly bonds of Earth and becoming a multi planetary species. And then the IPO happened. And the future got murky. I get the need to earn profits as a publicly traded company I truly do. That’s how capitalism works. But now SpaceX is disassociating themselves with manned Spaceflight to LEO. They’re finishing out their contracts with @Nasa and @NASAArtemis. They’re redirecting their focus on just @Starlink launches on Falcon 9 and soon with Starship. It’s making them Billions. No need for flying other companies’ payloads. No need to fly to other people’s space stations. That’s just a rounding error in the profit margins now. And with orbital data centers on the horizon we’re probably talking Trillions in profits eventually. But part of me is sad that the space and science future that we were promised seems to be slipping away. Don’t get me wrong I’m super excited about @NASAAdmin future for the Moon and our @NASAMoonBase. But it appears the rapid iteration that SpaceX brings to the table will instead be parceled out to smaller, newer players. I’m hoping @blueorigin and @RocketLab will rise to fill the void as both are amazing companies. Humanity’s future in space may still be strong. But the magic feels like it’s fading. The excitement of watching belly flops and tank watching, the daydreaming of seeing a Starship on Mars deploying tons of scientific equipment, rovers and people, the warm glow and optimism for the future feels to be going. And I’m not sure what comes next. Your thoughts @SciGuySpace @DJSnM @Erdayastronaut @NASASpaceflight @elonmusk ? From a #SpaceX lover and dreamer. 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥 #TeamSpace

Let us all be more like Jimothy! 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥 Hey @SpaceX @RocketLab @ulalaunch @blueorigin and @NASAAdmin Can we get a booster or ship named after this little mascot of perseverance and hope? #TeamSpace #Jimothy

Happy 250th Birthday America! 🇺🇸 By The Rocket’s Red Glare!!! 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥 Go #TeamSpace #4thJuly

Man I LOVE Thunderstorms! ⛈️ I know in an alternate universe I’m a Storm Chaser! Lightning before the Storm! 😎 East of Cleveland. #storm – at Cleveland, OH

New Stargate Series from Amazon CANCELLED!?! 😡 Jaffa Kree! Asteroid Apophis is going to be pissed!!! #SaveStargate #Stargate

Woke up this morning to more videos of the @blueorigin NG4 rocket explosion. So glad reports say everyone was ok. Now the hard work begins. Sifting through the ashes and data to discover the root cause of this anomaly. Like I tell my Science students you learn more from your failures than you do from your successes. You got this Blue! 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥 #TeamSpace

Everywhere I go I am reminded of @NASAArtemis 😎 I’ve always loved Snoopy and glad he was the first Beagle on the Moon. @nasa @NASAAdmin #TeamSpace @Snoopy – at Sandusky, OH

Used @NASA’s Spot The Station app to know when the @Space_Station was passing over my house tonight! Was able to catch the Station as it moved through the Big Dipper! So Cool! 😎 #Nasa #TeamSpace

Look at this stuff Isn't it neat? Wouldn't ya think the Starbase’s complete? Wouldn't ya think we’re the fans, The fans who have everything? Look at this place, treasures untold How many wonders can one Texas Town hold? Lookin' around here you'd think Sure, SpaceX’s got everything They’ve got high bays and launch stands aplenty They’ve got nose cones and heat shield tiles galore You want ring sections? They’ve got twenty But who cares? No big deal We want more… We wanna be where the Starships are We wanna see, wanna see 'em launchin' Movin' around on those - What do ya call 'em? Oh, SPMTs… Up where they shine, up where they fly Up where they stay all day in the sky Wanderin' free, wish we could be Part of that world @SpaceX #Starship #SpaceX #TeamSpace

So with the Dept of War released their first batch of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and there appears to be photos taken on the Moon by Apollo 12 and 17 cameras showing #UAP. It’s so easy to jump to Aliens but as a Science Teacher we need to examine these images scientifically FIRST. @NASAAdmin advised @NASA will be doing the same.

It’s always good to investigate the unknown. That’s how we make it known in Science. That’s what I teach my science students. Do I think it’s aliens? No. Do I think we’ll learn some amazing new things? Yes! #TeamSpace

@NASAAdmin now that you’re at the helm can we please bring back @MarsCuriosity @NASAPersevere @NASAVoyager and the rest? As a Science teacher these anthropomorphic @X accounts make students (and people) learn and engage more with @nasa Science! Please!! 🙏 #TeamSpace

@hankgreen has made an AMAZING new website putting all the official @nasaartemis 2 photos into chronological order corresponding with the @nasa mission timeline. Great Job Hank! #Nasa #Artemis2 #TeamSpace artemistimeline.com/#jeremy-…

Happy #NationalSpaceDay!!! No matter what name is on your rocket, what fuel you use, or what space destination you choose: Space Is Hard so let’s all work together to take Humanity to the Stars! #TeamSpace Ad Astra! 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥

Happy 36th Birthday @NASAHubble!!! Thank you for 3 decades of AMAZING images and science! You and your team ROCK! Here’s to many more years of discoveries (and hopefully an orbital boost!). 🛰️🎈🎉🎁 #nasa #hubble #TeamSpace

I enjoy thinking that maybe someone at Mission Control at @NASA had one of these awesome Trippensee Planetarium’s (circa 1960) sitting on their desk during the Apollo missions. Here is mine that I rescued from going into a dumpster. 😎 #Moon #NASA

As a Science teacher I’m thinking about the “Classroom of the Future”. If you could watch a 24/7 LIVE 4K laser stream from the Moon what would you like to see? #TeamSpace #ArtemisGeneration

“I have one simple request, and that is to have spacecraft with frickin’ laser beams!” @NASAArtemis demonstrated without a doubt that the future of Space Communications is LASERS! The @NASA_Orion beamed down data at 260MB per second!

Hearing @Astro_Christina @AstroVicGlover @astro_reid and @Astro_Jeremy talk about their @NASAArtemis journey made me realize this photo is the closest I’ll probably get to sharing that amazing Space experience with them! 🚀 This picture is from a field trip my Science students and I took to @NASAglenn. @CrunchLabs and @markrober then captured this satellite selfie of us while passing over Cleveland! 🛰️ Seeing my students' faces orbiting Earth gives me such excitement for the #ArtemisGeneration and @nasaadmin Jared Isaacman's plan for our future! This is what #TeamSpace looks like. 🚀