Jim Cockrell

Engineer and Builder of Small Spaceships, Sustainable Ag Advocate, Folk Musician, Storyteller, Painter, Citizen

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

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[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

RIP Gordon Lightfoot, a musician who, more than any other singer-songwriter, personified Canada, writes biographer @nicojennings.

Mr. Lightfoot's robust songs about winter nights, morning rain, being bound for Alberta and sailing on Ontario’s Georgian Bay came closest to expressing for many Canadians the essence of life in the Great White North.

He leaves six children – Fred, Ingrid, Eric, Galen, Miles and Meredith – from different relationships, as well as several grandchildren.

Read more here: https://t.co/e3l6wHObtJ

Photo: Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

@MichaelWarbur17 Way ahead of it’s time, the effects still hold up today.

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

Honey Don’t! New acrylic study for my “You Don’t Know What You Got (Until You Lose It)” series. https://t.co/YfaKd9o3mm

[Variety @Variety]

Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died. He was 81 years old. https://t.co/s7sNXpN4Jn

[Jeff Beck @jeffbeckmusic]

On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

@NASAAmes @NASA_Gateway Best of luck @NASAAmes @RocketLab

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

@Samurai_Ando @AbhishekGhughal @latestinspace Martian polar ice caps are mostly water

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

How it started: How it’s going:

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

In addition to writing quirky rhymes and unusually interesting harmonies, Nesmith wrote books with sound tracks and produced some of the first ever music videos. He was one of a kind.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Michael Nesmith, the contemplative, wool-cap-wearing member of the Monkees, has died at 78. He made one of the rock era's first music videos and won the first Grammy Award for video. https://t.co/Ed2OuEMfqr

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

@BeaconPurple Tina’s playing is so creative and original. Super energy.

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

This is the best thread on Twitter today. Too cool.

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

Just posted a photo @ Calaveras Big Trees State Park https://t.co/omHo58EWXd

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

@donsm @MilesSpace @NASAPrize @NASAKennedy May the best CubeQuester win!

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

Today’s my last official day of duty at NASA. I’ve both nostalgia for the profound experiences, and exciting anticipation for my next phase. After 39 years at NASA Ames, I retire from civil service tomorrow.

[USAFacts @USAFacts]

Ninety-six percent of people in a food desert, 51.7 million, lived in urban areas in 2019. Which cities have the most people living in food deserts? Explore the data.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

📸 Behold, Ganymede! #JunoMission conducted historic flybys of Jupiter’s largest moon and captured these stunning images of the icy orb. The detailed photos show craters, the terrain and long structural features possibly linked to tectonic faults. https://t.co/6HA9W5GvRT

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

The SmallSat Tech Expo is coming Monday. See ways you can incorporate tech emerging from university-NASA partnerships. https://t.co/2RN3rFSr5i

[Jim Cockrell @JcCockrell]

Want to learn how several SmallSat technologies developed in university-NASA partnerships can enable your next space mission or commercial product? Sign up for the May 24 NASA STP Tech Expo! https://t.co/2RN3rFSr5i

[NASA Ames @NASAAmes]

💧 Water is all you need to travel in space!

Our new Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-1 #CubeSat 🛰️ uses water as fuel. See how its water-based propulsion system will give small spacecraft the capability to maneuver and explore space in new ways: https://t.co/wZEuWxjXlB