Brian B

Another day in paradise

[Brian B @Benkenobi332]

We may destroy ourselves somehow. Whether it be climate change or war. But I think that the planet will be here longer than us. #ThisisZeroHour #ClimateActionNow #climatechange #Ukraine

[Emil Romano @0rig0_bricks]

Celebrate Saturday's #Starship launch by building your own 1:110 scale #LEGO S25 & B9 model!🚀

The model can be staged, and features rotating flaps and grid fins, and internal details like tank domes and header tanks.

Get your building instructions here:
https://t.co/ArNuz5oPPI

[Starbase Surfer @cnunezimages]

STARBASE 😍 - 📷November 18, 2023

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Enjoy my Starship photos? Pick up a print! https://t.co/XAaUO0Xs4D

I couldn’t be more thankful for the widespread following and support of my photography of Starship’s second flight test! A lot of heart and soul goes into capturing these launches, and I hope that passion shows itself in the final results. As a largely independent creator, traveling to these events and attempting to capture the best photography possible is not easy or free! 50+ hours of driving round trip from Florida to Starbase, hotels, food, gear costs, etc, all add up.

If you want to support my efforts to continue documenting the most exciting moments in spaceflight, consider ordering a print of one of almost 100 new Starship photos via my website → https://t.co/XAaUO0Xs4D

You can also support me for a few dollars each month with a subscription here on X.

This flight of Starship was my 250th rocket launch photographed since I started almost 9 years ago. I feel so fortunate to be on this journey, which would not be possible without the support of my audience. Here’s to the next 250 and beyond!

John

[David Willis @ThePrimalDino]

Thoughts on this half?

[📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 @TrevorMahlmann]

Holy moly..
33 Raptor engines on Starship burning bright🔥

EXIF settings⚙️/full-res downloads⬇️/wall prints🖼of this image: https://t.co/4xQvq2dJGg

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

First remote camera photos coming in from today’s Starship launch. Speechless.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

The beginning of flight

[Jared Isaacman @rookisaacman]

It has been 50+ yrs since humanity had the capability to visit the moon. It was also when the US government & tax payers invested 4% of the budget in to a space program. What you see below is a largely privately funded endeavor to connect humankind to the stars. Thank you @SpaceX

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Prints of Starship flight 2 photos — and all of my other images — are available to order on my website, ready to ship internationally for the holidays → https://t.co/sOGTH59HQE

Your orders help my efforts to cover spaceflight full-time. Thanks for the support!

My 2024 spaceflight calendar is also available to pre-order and will feature a Starship flight 2 image if it launches in the next week or so → https://t.co/mZj9CmCmjB

[Austin Barnard🚀 @austinbarnard45]

She is the most gorgeous rocket ever, gah damnnn😮‍💨

[Starship Gazer @StarshipGazer]

New FAA Update:

9/15/23

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship represents a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

The first image of the Moon's surface from Chandrayaan-3

[Brian B @Benkenobi332]

What scares me is if AI (Artificial Intelligence) becomes a trend that we will all be forced to use it. #artificialintelligence #ai #StephenHawking

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

STATIC FIRE! Booster 9 fires up its engines ahead of the next test launch of Starship.

https://t.co/lJC3dmYFAd

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Nobuo Fujita, a Japanese pilot, holds the unique distinction of being the only foreign individual to have bombed the contiguous US. Following the war's conclusion, he was extended an unexpected invitation to revisit the very town he had bombed, Brookings, Oregon. Upon his return, Fujita humbly offered the mayor his family's cherished katana as a symbol of remorse.

In September 1942, under the cover of darkness off the Oregon coast, a Japanese submarine witnessed activity as a team of sailors hastily assembled a seaplane on deck. This mission sought retaliation for the 'Doolittle raids,' an earlier attack on Tokyo. While Fujita, a 30-year-old fighter pilot, had initially desired to bomb larger cities like LA or San Francisco, he was ordered by his superiors to target Brookings, Oregon.

Fujita's mission aimed to ignite a forest fire, disrupting the region's resources and spreading fear along the West Coast. However, the wet conditions of Oregon's woods caused the bombs to fizzle, thwarting their destructive plan. The disappointed crew had to abandon the mission and return West.

Two decades later, a group of Brookings businessmen surprisingly extended an invitation to Fujita for the town's Memorial Day celebrations. During his visit, he made a heartfelt gesture by presenting his family's cherished 400-year-old samurai sword as a gift to the town.

This remarkable event sparked an enduring bond between Brookings and Fujita that would last for the next three decades. In 1997, the town honored him with honorary citizenship. Tragically, just days after this heartfelt tribute, Fujita passed away at the age of 85. To commemorate his fateful actions, a tree was planted at the site where he had dropped the bombs, and his daughter scattered his ashes there, believing his soul would forever soar over the forest.

[TJ Cooney 🚀 @TJ_Cooney]

We came in peace.

[￮༺𓂂𓂃ᗙ 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫 ᗛ𓂃𓂂༻￮ @KlatuBaradaNiko]

Reflections

[Dr. Graham Lau @cosmobiologist]

How typical is our own Earth in having life?

We often assume that we're most likely to find alien life on worlds that are similar in size, composition, orbital position, and stellar neighborhood to Earth. Or that need to have oceans or plate tectonics or a large Jupiter-sized planet or a large moon.

But considering the vastness of the cosmos and diversity of wolds we already know of, it's entirely possible that Earth is an outlier, with life forms elsewhere thriving under drastically different conditions.

Do you think our Earth might be an oddball when it comes to life? Or do you think that Earthlike worlds are the dominate form of habitable/inhabited planets?

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

Neil Armstrong's famous words upon stepping onto the Moon's surface were witnessed by 650 million people from around the globe #OTD in 1969. Watch ▶️ https://t.co/UD226aZGVQ

Do you have recollections of this day?