Husband, Father, Nerd. Starship Builder - enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. | Opinions are my own 🚀
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There are moments in your career that become etched into your memory forever.
This is one of them.
Watching S40 survive the journey back through Earth’s atmosphere and land intact felt surreal. A dream that once seemed impossible is becoming reality before our eyes.
I’ll never forget today.
Over six years ago, I joined SpaceX with a dream of helping humanity reach the stars.
Today, I got to hear my own voice and see my own hands in a SpaceX documentary, testing a piece of Starship that traveled to space and made it home. That’s my Lab!!!
It’s hard to put into words what that means to me.
I spent years dreaming of being part of something like this. Now I get to help build the future I once only imagined.
I used to dream about the day we'd bring a Starship home. Now I get to hold a piece of the proof that we can.
This is incredible to watch.
Joe and @bps_space played a huge role in inspiring me to chase my dreams and begin my career at SpaceX over six years ago.
A powerful reminder that failure may be an option, but giving up never is.
Here’s to the misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who were told it couldn’t be done, so they built something to prove otherwise. 🚀
NEW VIDEO! I worked really hard on this one and I hope you enjoy it! youtu.be/zZ4T26qbpiE?si=G48U…
Xander 🚀 retweeted
Thunderbirds debrief with me (Aarron) video is live on youtube now…
What does it take to be a Pilot on the world-famous United States Air Force Thunderbirds?
#thunderbirds #fighterjet #pilot #aviation
This weekend, the Thunderbirds take to the skies over the legendary Shuttle Landing Facility for MAX POWER! 🚀🇺🇸
The same runway where Space Shuttles returned to Earth, protected by their heat shields.
Now I get to help build the heat shield for the next generation of spacecraft that will do it all over again.
Full-circle moments like this never get old.
Who’s coming out Saturday? 👇
#MAXPOWER
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We're bringing Moon Base updates to MAX POWER! 🚀 Join us Nov. 7 as NASA leadership shares the latest progress and new developments in our efforts to establish a sustained human presence on the lunar surface. nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-r…
ALT A blue-and-white F-5 aircraft bearing NASA and United States of America markings flies over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Vehicle Assembly Building, surrounding facilities, roads, and waterways are visible below, with part of another aircraft’s blue wing in the foreground. Clouds stretch across the sky above the space center. Credit: NASA/John Kraus
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The Terafab project is going well
STRONG SIGNAL 🚨 Terafab is moving forward at lightning speed because the engineers themselves have the authority to make decisions 🔥
According to Korea’s The Elec, a Korean supplier executive said that even questions sent during the early morning hours in the US get answered within 30 minutes to an hour. In his view, working with Terafab is completely different from dealing with conventional semiconductor customers.
An executive at an overseas equipment maker went even further: “I’ve never seen this level of execution speed in the semiconductor industry.”
Building a fab involves countless questions like these, across every tool and material that goes into it. When each one gets a fast answer, the time saved keeps compounding, and that could add up to a serious head start before a single wafer is even processed.
The chip industry spent decades perfecting how a fab should run. Terafab is being built by engineers who answer a supplier’s question before the US is even awake and are trusted to decide on the spot, and that may turn out to be the most disruptive process change of all.
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Here's something you don't see every day. NASA's America 250 F-15, arriving this afternoon at JRB Fort Worth. My images.
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The black finish. The needle nose. The unmistakable silhouette.
The F-104 never needed an introduction. 🛩️
Xander 🚀 retweeted
Another something you REALLY don't see every day...the X-59 research aircraft on the runway at KNFW. My image.
S42, ready to make history with the first Starship catch.
How fitting that it’s Ship 42.
The answer to life, the universe, and everything. 🚀
Fighter Jets > Wind Tunnels
Traditional supersonic wind tunnels can have long wait times and short testing windows.
Our Wind Tunnel in the Sky program aims to offer longer testing periods in actual Mach 2+ flight.
Watch CEO Tim Franta's discussion with @CraigPicken on the Aerospace Executive Podcast to learn more about this capability: youtube.com/watch?v=zxYFySxY…
$FJET #WindTunnels #FlightTesting
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With support from @SpaceX, the AFRL agile cargo pods were recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Each pod contained representative mission equipment to study the effects of temperature, shock, and vibration of the cargo environments during launch and reentry. #Readiness
ALT AFRL agile cargo pod recovery after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
ALT AFRL unpacking and assessing agile cargo pod contents after recovery in Long Beach, CA
AFRL conducted a test of preliminary Rocket Cargo capabilities via @SpaceX Bandwagon-5 on a Falcon 9 launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station @SLDelta45. This test involved a SpaceX Starfall capsule loaded with #AFRL agile cargo pods for point-to-point delivery missions.
