Ben Ad Astra 🚀

Spaceflight Hardware Engineer.

[Impulse Space @GoToImpulse]

We’re proud to support the United States Space Force as part of the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 program. By on-ramping Helios, Impulse will be the first-ever upper stage provider to serve as a prime on the program.

Read more here: https://t.co/bozsuH2Sfk

[Impulse Space @GoToImpulse]

GEO is becoming one of the most important markets in space.

On Valley of Death, Impulse President & COO Eric Romo shares:
➡️ Why demand has grown faster than expected
➡️ What that means for commercial, civil, and government missions
➡️ How Impulse is building to meet the moment

Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/m2ZYnFti8W

[Impulse Space @GoToImpulse]

We hosted the @SES_Satellites Board at our Redondo Beach facility, sharing the latest progress on Helios and celebrating our partnership.

Through our multi-launch agreement, Helios will transport SES satellites from LEO directly to GEO and MEO in a matter of hours. What used to require a multi-month electric propulsion transfer, or an expensive dedicated heavy-lift launch, Helios will make a same-day operation.

Good to spend time with the team driving that shift forward with us. 🛰️

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

Walked myself from Hermosa to El Segundo to eat this amazing burger at Spread Please.

[Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors @isaiah_p_taylor]

Forever grateful for this wild and wonderful nation. Here’s to the next 750 years of American excellence.

[Sam D'Amico @sdamico]

Actually … seven

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Shut up, nerd. 🇺🇸

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

Merica. Courtesy The Standing Room in Redondo Beach.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Happy 250th birthday America! As a nation, we have so much history to celebrate, and at @NASA, we are just getting started. God bless the USA 🇺🇸

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

Best country in the world, and I’m lucky enough to make spacecraft here.

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

@EvansRyan202 Happy Fourth, Ryan!

[Ryan Evans @EvansRyan202]

I am lucky I was born American and nothing has ever made me love my country less. To all my fellow Americans, no matter who you are -- from builder to banker, from teacher to trucker, from pauper to patron -- Happy Independence Day.

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

@MrBeast 12,352,478

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

One of the more interesting fireworks displays I’ve witnessed.

An illumination round falling through the sky of Arghandab after being fired from COP Ware.

[Zenno Astronautics @zennospace]

APPROVED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On this monumental 250th anniversary of American independence, Zenno Astronautics announces its intent to redomicile to the United States, establishing Los Angeles as its new home base.

Zenno will expand its manufacturing footprint in L.A. and is proud to bring the world’s best superconducting magnet talent to America (and some strong kiwi accents). 🦅

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

Baran’s got the best breakfast burrito. Requires some planning to get your hands on them, though. Pulled bbq beef with jalapeños.

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

Pretty much perfect out tonight in Hermosa Beach.

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

Why are we giving the Coastal Commission even more power? So dumb.

[California YIMBY @cayimby]

A new bill requires Coastal Commission approval before developers, but not original owners, can rebuild fire-destroyed coastal homes.

YIMBY advocates say this misses the real driver: high insurance and construction costs are why survivors sell in the first place.

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

@NASAWatch Why are they blurring a Flotron?

[Ben Ad Astra 🚀 @BenAdAstra]

@McCainJack It was also pretty useful for me as an AFPAK guy back in the day, connecting me with actual experts and insights I wasn’t getting directly at the office.