Scott Manley

Internet Rocket Scientist, Gamer, Astronomer, Dad, Scotsman, Pilot. Makes videos about space and science

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

We've never seen anything like this recording of a landing on another world. @fireflyspace

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@esherifftv Congratulations!

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

You must construct additional pylons.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Continuous sunlight is scarce on the Moon unless you know where to look. 🌑

The lunar poles contain "peaks of eternal light," areas bathed in near-continuous sunlight. Power Tower mounts on Blue Moon MK1's top deck and extends solar arrays to 26 meters total height to capture that energy and deliver sustained power for Moon Base operations.

Check out this video of Power Tower during a successful deployment in an analog lunar environment.

The infrastructure era of lunar exploration starts now.

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

The Space Force called, and we launched. From call up to lift-off in just 16 hours 42 minutes 🎯 Rocket Lab has made history - the fastest response time ever for a @USSF_SSC Tactically Responsive Space mission.

[LeoLabs @LeoLabs_Space]

At 02:30 UTC on 22 June 2026, LeoLabs detected an unknown object in the vicinity of the Chinese Shenlong reusable spaceplane.

This object did not correlate to any other object in our catalog. It was first observed by our Tracker radar in New Zealand.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@nealmohan @YouTube @YouTubeCreators Congratulations, I hope you never have to deal with false ContentID claims!

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@Leo_il_Leone The Airwolf theme is never not in my head.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

This is not the AirWolf I grew up with....
I mean they didn't even make it a helicopter simulator.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

A very different kind of Assault. DJ Assault.
I actually have this tune on vinyl.

[Magnetic Norse @MagneticNorse]

The internet remains undefeated

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Slow motion parachute deployment with all the wadding blowing out

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Launching some Kerbal rockets today

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

To The Moon!

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@chrisclarkefly But i don’t, that would require changing panel hardware.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

I noticed that 5 years after the introduction of Apple Silicon Garmin's Database update software, which is *essential* to keeping avionics updated is still intel only. It's not like they were surprised by the change, the software launched in 2022, after the release of Apple Silicon.
@GarminAviation
I have an old Intel MacBook Air that I'm going to have to keep around just for this.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

So, just say I wanted to do a road trip from SF to Colorado and back, what place should I visit? I can take different routes in both directions and take my time.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@TheBrianMcManus @255i1 I’d like an aviation focused set with eye tracking data collection, video and audio recording etc.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@geerlingguy I’ve seen deals that prohibit chapter marks for integrations too.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@chrisclarkefly To write an SD Card from an iPad?

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@karolina_dubiel What’s going to blow you mind is that there’s the same effect close to a ceiling, it sucks the drone upwards.
It’s not about a ‘cushion’ of air but the surface interfering with tip vortex generation.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@CJHandmer @grok There's been landers on asteroid, but yes, the average asteroid hasn't had a lander.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

@dktapps Rosetta 2 is dropping support for anything that isn't a game in 2027.
Never mind the fact that Garmin released a non-universal app 2 years after the apple silicon transition was announced.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Star Trek is set about 250 years in the future, based on the current rate of inflation (4.2%) that's a factor of about 30,000, a trillion trillion dollars would be about 30 million trillion, still a staggering amount of money.
Humanity will accelerate.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

In the future, a trillion times a trillion dollars will be spent on making antimatter to travel to other star systems