Michael Robertucci

Firefighter/Paramedic- God, Family, Country 🇺🇸

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Test day concluded, road open. Led by Cybertrucks.

[Michael Robertucci @MRobertucci]

@DJSnM @Pinboard I wish pinboard would leave rocket science to the rocket scientists.

[Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow]

Mission Control woke the astronauts this morning with a message recorded by Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell, who was on the first crew to circle the Moon in December 1968, and commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, died in August 2025.

[Robert Meyer Burnett, Viceroy of Verisimilitude @RMBee]

We've lost complete interest in EVERYTHING.

[Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow]

NASA has released the first high-quality images of Earth captured from inside the Orion capsule by the Artemis 2 crew.

[Taylor @TaylorHose]

Take a ride up to a fully fueled SLS on launch day with us!

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I’m feeling at a bit of a loss due to a general negative sentiment about spaceflight, so I wanted to give you a bit of perspective…

In the 60’s, the entire world cheered on Apollo. Rightfully so, as it accelerated humanity forward into the space age. Grainy photos inspired millions, and the rocks brought back changed our understanding of the universe.

But the program wasn’t perfect… it used over 4% of the entire federal budget, was incredibly dangerous by modern standards, and had questionable political motives.

By comparison, the Artemis program is closer to .1% of the federal budget today, and is operating at safety margins that are significantly better than the missions during Apollo. This has of course slowed things down, but the result is a program that can survive in our challenging modern political climate.

Yet in every post about it, I’m seeing constant negative comments. Most seem rooted in a lack of understanding of the mission goals, or why this is such a massive deal after literal decades of proposed returns to the moon that went nowhere.

This is the first crewed mission in our triumphant return to the moon in over 50 years. Unlike the missions from the Apollo Era, there is a massive commercial industry capable of supporting our return to the moon, it’s not all resting on the taxpayer and Congress to fund nasa.

We’re going back to the moon safer and with a significantly smaller budget than we did in the 60s, and this time, the inertia generated by this event isn’t entirely determined by politics. As I write this, private companies are building hardware to use on the moon, despite not being contracted by the government to do this. There is a trillion dollar industry waiting to build infrastructure on the moon. With the weight of a massive Earth-Moon economy looming, we won’t see that go away.

This mission is the first major step towards our spacefaring future and I couldn’t be more optimistic about it.

Go Artemis!

[Lisa @Rockprincess818]

They assassinated a 31 year old for speech they didn’t like, you think we give a fuck about Jimmy Kimmel?

[𝕰𝖒𝕲 @Emilio2763]

Democrats: “it’ll Activate No One”…

“No One”:…

[aka @akafaceUS]

Don’t tell us to “calm down.”

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Get married, have kids, and stop partying into oblivion.

Leave a legacy, be courageous.

Happy Sunday

God Bless all the parents out there

🙏

[Sunny @sunnyright]

People being like “oh you care about Kirk being murdered but you don’t care about school shootings”

I care about both because I’m not a fucking psychopath. I’m talented that way.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Absolutely disgusting and disturbing video from Charlie Kirk shooting today. Hoping for the best for him and his family. Anybody who is happy about this is a disgusting human.

[iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno]

MSNBC on the Charlie Kirk shooting: “it could’ve been a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration."

This is insane. You don’t hate the legacy media enough.

[NASA @NASA]

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran.

Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. https://t.co/AjT8qmxsZI

[Jack Beyer @thejackbeyer]

Booster 16 Static fire in slow motion (120fps) @NASASpaceflight

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Scottie what the fuck??

[Michael Robertucci @MRobertucci]

@JuPiterOptMax @SpaceX @Starlink Just put my fries in the bag bro….

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed! ✨

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!