Sand Baggins

Retired trader. Investor in private tech. Flying to the moon by 2045.

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

I think most investors are misunderstanding how soon orbital compute will ramp

99% of the difficulty was Starship

The satellites themselves are a similar level of complexity as Starlink

The bottleneck is Starship, which I believe is almost here

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@SciGuySpace Next time, please.

[SciTech Era @SciTechera]

Wow. This is crazy.

A developer trained an AI agent in simulation and deployed it onto a real robotic air hockey table using reinforcement learning.

This robot can track the puck with millimeter-level accuracy and react in roughly 20 milliseconds, fast enough to challenge even skilled human players.

We’re moving from robots that follow programmed rules to machines that learn strategies in simulation and execute them in the physical world.

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@yatharthmann How did it go?!

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@realhomerhickam @NASAAdmin @blueorigin Looks like they’re on it.

https://t.co/10JabpZ0N8

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy.

Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.

There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.

We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.

@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.

America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@NASAAdmin @NASAKennedy @blueorigin @JeffBezos @davill I love it. Humans can do amazing things when our goals are aligned with one another. Experts are saying 12-18 months before Blue Origin launches again… I want to see Blue Origin surprise everyone at the speed at which they recover.

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@Truthful_ast Yeah… I don’t think I could take anyone seriously that believes iterative development is bad.

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@TimWrede2 @SciGuySpace That would be brutal. Affects so many planned missions.

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@blueorigin Glad everyone is safe!

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@SciGuySpace So this is their single launch pad? Were they planning on building another?

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

Wow, that’s a massive fireball.

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@yatharthmann @grok what’s the price of a tank of hydrogen like this? What’s the cost to refill it?

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@AJamesMcCarthy @_CinemaHub_ @SpaceX Haha, I was about to tag you and saw your comment. Great video!

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

Starship Heat Shield Comparison Between Flights 10, 11, and 12

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@Erdayastronaut For sure, your videos are the opposite of AI slop. Great job on the HLS video! I can’t wait until SpaceX finally reveals what they’ve been cooking. It’s been very very quiet lately.

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Falcon 9 @SpaceX launch across Earth's twilight horizon, seen from the ISS near South Africa.

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@JeffBezos @texas_lizard Incredible. Nice work, Blue Origin!

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@Retroo @UAPWatchers That was my first thought as well when I saw them.

[Sand Baggins @Sand_Baggins]

@anduriltech @DJSnM This is incredible!