Don Automaton

[Member$ ⁶𓅓 @Ovomember]

I’m a Kendrick fan but we have to admit that he lost, Drake won and that kid might be Dave Freeees 😔

[D Wise @dwisecinema]

This new pad design controls the plume of Starship very nicely! It should make deployed camera shots far more predictable, and continue to lead to even more incredible content!
🎥: me for @NASASpaceflight

[Don Automaton @DonAutomaton]

@Gateway2Space You can see the Booster Raptors explode at the end, right?

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

Awesome, SpaceX has begun exploring using Starlink to enable high-bandwidth around the Moon!

Traditionally, deep space coms has relied on radio frequencies.

This will enable gigabit connectivity anywhere on the Lunar Surface. Imagine watching livestreams. It’s gonna happen.

[Don Automaton @DonAutomaton]

@hamids @thejefflutz Didn’t Elon start the AI datacenters in space discussions like 2 months ago?

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

There was no award when Newton discovered three laws of forces, nor when da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

There was no Grammy for Beethoven or Chopin, nor a Nobel Prize in Literature for Homer.

Masterpieces do not seek transient trophies but aim to be timeless.

[Harri @Harriwxu3]

How beautiful it is to know how to Work..😎👌👌

[TheNewPhysics @CharlesMullins2]

🚨 BREAKING: We’re now filming fusion plasma at 100 million °C in real time.

This isn’t CGI.

This is inside the ST40 fusion reactor.
At temperatures hotter than the core of the Sun,
matter becomes plasma a state where atoms are ripped apart.
And for the first time…
We can actually see it evolve.
This is the same process that powers stars.

If we can control it:
Unlimited clean energy
No carbon emissions
Virtually endless fuel
The future of energy isn’t theoretical anymore.
It’s glowing… right in front of us.
What do you think
Will fusion solve energy in our lifetime?

Follow me I break down the physics behind the biggest breakthroughs.

[hinata @HinataMotivates]

This 120-lb engine makes 450 HP with zero pistons.

[Don Automaton @DonAutomaton]

@planet4589 Did the first stage under-perform? It looks incredibly slow coming off of the pad.

[Architecture Presentation @arcpresentation]

How do they support tons of dirt without falling over?

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

First 33-engine static fire for Super Heavy V3

[Ronald van Loon @Ronald_vanLoon]

Bladeless #Drone with Hidden Propellers: A Safer, Sleeker Future of Flight
by @tweetciiiim

#Innovation #EmergingTech #TechForGood

[ＤＡＮ_ＡＮＴＯＮＥＬＬＩ @__el__toro__]

On the complete opposite end of things...

If you have plastic or rubber parts, you can use liquid nitrogen or dry ice to freeze the burrs & flashing, then tumble or blast them away.

All other surfaces are left pristine & clean.

Cryogenic deburring.

So cool.

(video clips from Cold Jet Australia Pty)

[outside five sigma @jwt0625]

when I look at my old simulations, a lot of them, most of them, can be easily vibe setup with agents, or even one shot by the agents.

it makes me wonder how many of the ideas and devices that were results of branching off of originally intended directions and goals would I miss if I attempt them now with the agents? How many new ones would the agents be able to attempt and identify? Is inverse design just the most stupid and bruteforce version of auto research?

i should get a workflow with MOOSE working so I could set the agents free in the world of multiphysics simulations.

[ＤＡＮ_ＡＮＴＯＮＥＬＬＩ @__el__toro__]

I wonder how the first person figured this process out?

> grab a part that's loaded with sharp burrs
> stick it in a chamber filled with gas
> ignite that puppy
> boom
> your entire part is smoothly & accurately deburred, inside & out.

Thermal deburring (also known as TEM, or explosive deburring) folks. Yet another method of making stuff smooth.

I have to try it.

(video clips by Extrude Hone)

[Bluntly Put Philosopher (BPP) @SocraticScribe]

Trapping a beam of light between two parabolas

[BUENO @0xBueno_]

the whole room went quiet

[SMX 🇺🇸 @iam_smx]

Tom Mueller, a former SpaceX engineer, explains why Elon Musk never allowed negativity to take root inside the company

As a founding propulsion engineer, Mueller described how Musk shaped SpaceX’s early culture around intense technical focus and constant urgency.

Teams were expected to stay aligned, move quickly, and prioritize solutions, with little tolerance for negativity or resistance to progress

Mueller noted that individuals who consistently slowed momentum or spread negativity often “were not in the next meeting,” reinforcing a strict, results-first mindset

This high-pressure environment helped SpaceX build its reputation for speed and innovation, advancing rapidly from its earliest rockets to fully reusable launch systems and ultimately becoming one of the world’s leading space companies