Robert Bullard

Extellis 🛰️ (views expressed are my own). Formerly Axiom Space 👨🏼‍🚀. Interested in curing tinnitus👂🏻🔔

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@stansclaypot @bennjordan Interesting. I was thinking about an allergic reaction causing bad inner ear inflammation. Not sure what mechanism @bennjordan is referring to for this class’s ototoxicity (if any).

[Neuralink @neuralink]

Through the VOICE trial, Terry is using his Neuralink implant to help fine-tune a brain-to-voice interface for himself and others who can’t speak. He trained the algorithm first by miming speech as best he could, then by simply thinking the words and hearing them come out in his own natural voice.

Powered by Grok Voice from @spacexai

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@Astro_Maggio Heck yeah

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@smartereveryday It was awesome!

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

View of totality from Puente de Hierro, Zaragoza, Spain 🇪🇸

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@DrPhiltill It’s a fun way to pick a vacation destination! We’re in Zaragoza 🇪🇸
Wishing you clear skies.

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

I finally have all 1.2 million raw image files from my latest mission to ISS! Here is a sample of one of my favorite Milky Way photos, taken from the Cupola with Nikon Z9, Arri Zeiss 15mm lens, T1.8 with custom sidereal drive that cancelled out star motion relative to our orbit.

[Axiom Space @Axiom_Space]

Training for geological exploration of the Moon starts underwater.🌙

For the first time in the @NASAArtemis program, two @NASA exploration geologists and Artemis science officers suited up together for a lunar training development session in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory @NASAJohnson. Side by side, they tested our prototype geology tools and deployed a mock lunar payload under low-angle lighting, mirroring the extreme environment of the lunar South Pole.

Training like this is helping pave the way for Artemis IV, the mission that will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@HalenMattison Hey I recognize those tools ⚒️

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@PeterDiamandis Cure. Tinnitus. Hundreds of millions have it, there’s no cure yet, it’s a serious detriment to healthspan, and the severe/catastrophic cases are genuine scourges to sanity.

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@AI_in_LEO @SpaceX I shot mortars out of this last weekend 🎆

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Today’s mission includes a demo of a new vehicle that will enable affordable, routine access to the microgravity environment for scientific research and in-space manufacturing. After demonstrating controlled flight, the spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@B_Garelick 🔜

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@thetomska Hi Tom. Tinnitus is extremely disruptive for (too) many of us, but please know (1) you are not alone and (2) good people are actively working on solutions. Check out https://t.co/CStrKMVXWS and hang in there

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@alder_riley Very cool 🌖 🏗️

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@fikocian Why did they move their headquarters in North Carolina?

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@fikocian lol wut

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

People often say there's no difference between "new" space and "traditional" space. Not true, and we've seen that play out with this spacesuit contract. Axiom has no guarantees it will ultimately profit on its fixed price suit contract with NASA. It could lose big time. But the company realizes that if it stays the course, and is successful, there will eventually be a huge demand for its suits. Imagine if there is a Moon base. You'll need a lot of suits. So it has invested a lot of its own resources in the program.

Collins Aerospace, by contrast, was a long-time NASA contractor working for milestone payments and bailed at the first sign of trouble.

Maybe Axiom will go bust. Who knows. But the difference is they are willing to take more risk now in order to build a future of abundance in space. SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, K2, Intuitive Machines, Impulse Space, and so many other startups are doing the same. That is what "new space" really is.

[Robert Bullard @Robert_Bullard1]

@phalanx @yFactr “Spock” 🖖🏻