Adam Orand

Space exploration enthusiast, Student pilot, token computer guy. Sustainable energy (pro-nuclear) and pro- multiplanetary species. Timescape Cosmology realist.

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

I became a @Tesla shareholder today!

[Kiko Dontchev @TurkeyBeaver]

This morning’s @SpaceX mission from pad 40 was the last planned Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida (and it launched on the fleet leading booster!!), marking the end of an era for these launches on the East Coast. From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship. The West Coast team will continue regularly launching Starlink from Vandenberg.

Super proud of this incredible team. You’ve made Falcon 9 the most reliable launch vehicle in history. You also helped build the largest low-Earth orbit satellite constellation providing connectivity to millions around the world, and you’ve set the foundation for what’s next.

In the last seven years, Falcon has flown ~260 Starlink missions from the Cape… can’t wait until we launch that and many more with Starship!

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@Patrick20321442 @MB_EjectEject Interesting correlation, thanks for your input. Anyway this is another certified Martin-Banger

[Atelier Missor @AtelierMissor_]

Very honored to have built the bronze statue of George Washington for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C.

America is incredible.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I have a few that I’d want to capture- one of them is Earth in HDR, similar to a GOES satellite but closer to how it looks in human vision. Particularly right on the terminator line, to cover the broad tones from sunlight scattering at different angles.

Another is deep field HDR photography that includes the Earth or moon against deep space objects. Would require EVA or exterior mounted camera due to light scattering across windows.

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@realshannonwong Id love to somehow get more info on this trip, though unfortunately im simply finishing my PPL soon so id just be following along to see your progress. When do you launch? November?

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@56219577433A @realshannonwong @Kemphas87 She's already Wong

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@HammerbergJack @Itsfoss I like @CachyOS and their long list of different DEs they can use. Zero issues whatsoever

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@smishtw @Itsfoss "Grok, install --- software from official release, please." seems to work well for me in those cases tbh

[National Association for Gun Rights @gunrights]

Good news indeed!

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@CCHICHESTERJUL4 @FoxNews We're just mashing words together now, be so serious

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@K1_Sol3 @mgregorio @DonaldMills142 I certainly hope you get your dream job! That's the day you stop working for good!

[Kyle Rittenhouse 🇺🇸 @rittenhouse2a]

Vote for @j_fishback today!

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@j_fishback I'm curious to know your plan against the Democrats' nominee? They're not going to play clean. They'll attack and lie and leave out data as always. How confident are you to win the general?

Appreciate any answer, and I'm open to talking more about it!

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@MattKilby23 I absolutely love hearing how much culture is for you guys. I hope you are compensated well and the culture never dies at SpaceX.
We (Earth) are counting on you to be multiplanetary. Never stop.

[Matt Kilby @MattKilby23]

After being at SpaceX for 18 months, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to work anywhere else. No one moves faster or is more determined to win than we are. Business is the ultimate professional sport and we’re playing for the championship every single day

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

Not meaning to complain too much, but... I've just had this overwhelming feeling lately that so many things are objectively WORSE in 2026 than they were say 7 years ago. Here's a short list of things:

1. Google. I no longer get anywhere near an honest search, mostly either AI or ads
2. YouTube, search is also completely broken, serving only recent things and / or shorts. I guess social media in general just feels more and more pointless and far less about humans.
3. Uber / Lyft, prices are INSANE
4. DoorDash, prices are also absolutely off the charts
5. Rental cars, needed to rent a car yesterday, couldn't do it under a few hundred for 2 days.
6. Groceries are almost $200 every time I go
7. Insurance has sky rocketed for everything. The house in Texas is about 2 times more expensive to insure in 2026 than it was in just 2021
8. Food. Starbucks and Subway sandwiches were never particularly amazing, but now they're not even a shell of what they used to be, and many many others.
9. Online ordering. I feel like I used to kind of know what I'd get. Now there's a decent chance of seeing some AI slop and getting a complete scam of a product with no responsibility
10. Phones. I'm less happy with my phone and getting more and more spam calls now more than ever, and I'm more often either waiting for faceID to work, or accidentally hitting something, or accidentally hitting the camera button, or accidentally changing the background. Like multiple times a day, I'm doing an input that I did not want to do. That didn't used to happen
11. Housing / Rent prices / hotel prices
12. EVERYTHING being "private equity", screw that. Stop chasing profit, chase making good products.

I guess a lot of this is just inflation in general. I'm really noticing the price of things get more and more ridiculous...

But it also feels like a lot of things are just getting worse. Adding features that shouldn't exist, chasing profits over making a good product, adding steps to make something more frustrating to use or order or do. Trying to have AI just simply "replace" something instead of being a tool to help improve it, or a way to just opt back.

I don't know. I'm trying hard to just keep my head down and do my work the old fashioned way, and I just feel like there's this mantra of "hurry up or you'll miss out". I've been enjoying being outside more, trying to be healthy and offline, and it just feels more and more like things aren't what it used to be.

I say this, yet I'm still hopeful for the future. I still think there's incredible things happening and amazing technologies, and exciting things happening in our world. I just feel like if I could hit the rewind button on a few things, I absolutely would. Would you? Maybe this is just part of growing older and feeling nostalgic? I am getting old...

[2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive]

The New York Times breaks the story that in March 2000, a group of Austrian art students called “Gelitin” secretly installed a balcony on the 91st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

They photographed the balcony by helicopter, and then dismantled it.

The ease by which the students were able to make structural changes to the building without anyone noticing brings into question the security measures at the WTC.

[Adam Orand @King_INF3RN0]

@SecDuffy @FlyTPA @POTUS Excited to have this upgrade for sure. Gonna be nice flying in the TPA bravo

[bondcliff @bondcliff]

If you follow anyone long enough while driving, they are going to make some minor error in driving. Crossing double yellow line because of an obstacle in road not seen by camera, going over the stop line at a red light, not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign, changing lanes without signalling even if there are no cars around, driving in passing lane without passing, etc etc. Like have a police cruiser follow you all day, every day. The difference is the a police officer can use discretion whereas a Flock just assumes guilt, sends ticket and then you have to take a day off to go to court and prove innocence. This outweighs the times a flock does help catch a real criminal, because it assume everyone is a criminal and citizens have to prove they are not.

[🚀conspiracy_slayer🌕 @conspiracyslyr]

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