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Space, Star Wars/Trek, plastic robots, sports, and general nerd stuff. Political independent with no tolerance for lies & BS. Currently Fire Emblem obsessed.

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@TheStingisBack @WyrmStar THX remasters cleaned up a lot of that before the Special Editions were released

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@RepBrianBabin Your precious ICE Nazis are still working and have funding. Your Jesus replacement is actively trying to kill FEMA. The Coast Guard is your ONLY valid point.

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@RaZ3us @SciGuySpace The point is manual control capability period. There are a number of scenarios, in gravity environments and out of, that it can save the mission or lives.

And you don’t have minutes all of the time in microgravity, that’s pretty shortsighted to say that, speaking of ignorance…

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@RaZ3us @SciGuySpace Butch and Suni would be dead if NASA had not forced Boeing to have manual control capability on Starliner.

The requirement isn’t there for nominal ops, it’s there for contingencies.

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@AskSynchrony It helps clarify that my credit can be hit by any random person submitting an application because you don’t bother to verify identity until the damage is done. So you’ve found a way to defeat fraud prevention services.

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@AskSynchrony interesting that you would do a hard credit check, dinging credit scores for 2 years, but then deny credit because you could not verify identity. Sounds pretty legally questionable, and would encourage people to apply for credit in other people’s names as an attack

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@AskSynchrony An application was made. Hard credit check received. Application denied because there was a failure in identity verification. Shouldn’t identity verification be done first? I’m no longer interested because due to the time crunch my spouse got it done instead. I want the ding gone

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@RepBrianBabin Weird, because they tried to get a clean bill through for TSA, but you see to want to burn it all down if you can’t get your way.

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@RepBrianBabin “Bored of Peace”

We have so many useless congressional reps just like you who have no interest in asserting the responsibilities of Congress

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@dumbjakeworld @TF_Moments Oh no; we’re 14% of the way through the year and something I want that was less popular than a different announced thing hasn’t been publicly announced yet, it must’ve been forgotten!

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

As an update to my earlier post.

- The ICPS helium bottles are used to purge the engines, as well as for LH2 and LOX tank pressurization. The systems did work correctly during WDR1 and WDR2.

- Last evening, the team was unable to get helium flow through the vehicle. This occurred during a routine operation to repressurize the system.

- We observed a similar failure signature on Artemis I.

- The Artemis II vehicle is in a safe configuration, using ground ECS purge for the engines versus the onboard helium supply.

- Potential faults could include the final filter between the ground and flight vehicle, located on the umbilical, though this seems least likely based on the failure signature. It could also be a failed QD umbilical interface, where similar issues have been observed. It could also be a failed check valve onboard the vehicle, which would be consistent with Artemis I, though corrective actions were taken to minimize reoccurrence on Artemis II.

Regardless of the potential fault, accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB.

As mentioned previously, we will begin preparations for rollback, and this will take the March launch window out of consideration.

I understand people are disappointed by this development. That disappointment is felt most by the team at NASA, who have been working tirelessly to prepare for this great endeavor. During the 1960s, when NASA achieved what most thought was impossible, and what has never been repeated since, there were many setbacks. One historic example is that Neil Armstrong spent less than 11 hours in space on Gemini 8 before his mission ended prematurely due to a technical issue. A little over three years later, he became the first man to walk on the Moon.

There are many differences between the 1960s and today, and expectations should rightfully be high after the time and expense invested in this program. I will say again, the President created Artemis as a program that will far surpass what America achieved during Apollo. We will return in the years ahead, we will build a Moon base, and undertake what should be continuous missions to and from the lunar environment. Where we begin with this architecture and flight rate is not where it will end.

Please expect a more extensive briefing later this week as we outline the path forward, not just for Artemis II, but for subsequent missions, to ensure NASA meets the President’s vision to return to the Moon and, this time, to stay.

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@RepBrianBabin @POTUS Do you hate your job? You’re so desperate for Congress to not actually fulfill its role.

“I think this is unfair” is not an emergency, and it was always disingenuous to claim so. Kavanaugh is in the Trump’s pocket and I assume the vote rental payments are still flowing to Thomas

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@JDVance The only reason we’re here is because you’ve loudly shown that you don’t actually care for needy Americans.

[BJ Symons @BJSymons]

The Goin Band out at Raiderville is a vibe for real

[David French @DavidAFrench]

Pathetic. Casada is profoundly corrupt.

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@kelly_knox

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.

But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.

It was standing room only.

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My sister-in-law’s husband was a great @gamestop manager. He knew the metrics and pushes, and would read people and speak to them in a way that might get the add-ons or preorders, but not harassing. This guy acted annoyed the entire time. Maybe this location’s time is just done.

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I keep trying to support my local @gamestop occasionally (Webster Plaza), but I’m probably done. Today, I assume the store manager on a zoom call when I arrive with a district leader. Talk about loss prevention, team challenges, customer service issues, etc. Finally hangs up…

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Then, he rings it up, and pushes 3 times on buying a protection plan. NO. Then he says “well, I need to see if I can find it in the back.”

I finally just left. He’d wasted my time and harassed me forever and still hadn’t delivered. Purchased down the road at Best Buy.