Michael Donnelly

A big man, but out of shape

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@dpoddolphinpro @NASASpaceflight Busy wee time! Thanks for all the tireless and informed coverage from the NSF boys and girls!

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@NASASpaceflight I was wondering whether you had plans to expand your coverage in Florida? With so much going on at #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin it seems an ideal location, if possible and in budget, to set up some permanent cameras like Starbase?

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@NASASpaceflight @SpaceX I can’t be the only one wondering why you built the Starfactory as it was, just to start tearing it down six months after, before it was even really fully commissioned.

You knew a GigaFactory was coming. Why build StarFactory that way?

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@RyanHansenSpace I just want to see them shift and lift the OLM. I was amazed with what they did with the Brontosaurus Ribs. How they plan to move, lift and place the monster of the OLM is quite the two-pipe problem …

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

Could @DisneyPlus @Disney please explain to me why “It’s A Trap” (Family Guy, S09E18) is not available to stream on your Disney+ service in the UK, while “Blue Harvest” and “Something Something Dark Side” are fully available on this May 4th Star Wars Day?

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@Alexphysics13 @NASASpaceflight The UK Met Office tweeted out about it including pictures …

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@BillHuntBits I must admit to being underwhelmed when I saw it BITD. Visually it was stunning however with a great soundtrack and it would be a brilliant remastered 4k.

It’s sorta disappeared really and I’d certainly be interested in a reappraisal.

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@TheCriticalDri2 Could not agree more. Brilliantly done, amazingly subtle animation and sound effects. Saw it at the ABC in Glasgow and it was stunning.

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@Underdogsbiteup @LorraineAllans1 Well, yes. But to what purpose? I believe in Occam’s Razor … why would they seek to destroy the UK? Ignorance, ideology, arrogance, hubris, woke … okay, I get that. But to do such stupid destructive things … to what benefit?

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@NASASpaceflight I don’t think we’ve ever had such clear recovery footage. From the WB-57 to the Drones swarming. And lovely to see a Pod of curious Dolphins welcome the humans back!

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@qikipedia What if the only dreams you have are soundtracked by John Carpenter?

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@dshensmith We need a DOGE in the UK and Europe.

So, turning up to lessons and learning increases academic outcomes? How many millions of pounds did that shattering insight cost us? Who profited from the research?

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@elysiasegal @NASASpaceflight @Alexphysics13 As ever, you and NSF team were brilliant! Well done to all!

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@esherifftv Kick bottom Ma’am!

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@DJSnM You would never put that much plutonium together that close. Even tasks like shipping plutonium had to be done in very specialised containers to minimise criticality risks.

It’s not an explosion risk as such, just a high risk of localised gamma bursts which will kill you.

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@jrotcgeek1 @esherifftv Doubtful according to official feeds - looks like a TE problem so still a quick recycle possible. Does not look like an issue with the rocket, capsule or GSE. But one never knows … space is hard.

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@BillHuntBits @Pickfair A full clean up and restoration of Dr. No and From Russia With Love would be great. The Criterion laserdisc commentaries and making-ofs would be great to include if they could get the rights.

[Michael Donnelly @Mikey1969]

@BillHuntBits @Pickfair Isn’t the problem that the masters have deteriorated so much it becomes difficult and expensive to update, remaster and clean up?

Amazon has the money to do it. But they also have existing digital scans so it’s just down to will.