Jason Provonsha

Bringing knowledge to all six of my followers on a semi-annual basis. CEO of @steamlogistics.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@FreightAlley Horrible decision

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

Amazing

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

If you're under 53 years old, you have never once been alive while a human was farther than 250 miles from Earth. Tonight, four astronauts are heading 252,000 miles out. That's a thousand times farther than any person has gone in your lifetime.

The 250-mile ceiling is where the International Space Station floats. Every astronaut since December 1972 has been stuck in that zone. Spacewalks, science experiments, cool photos from orbit, sure. But nobody left the neighborhood.

The last crew to go farther was Apollo 17. December 1972. Nixon was president. The internet didn't exist. Cell phones were 11 years away. The youngest member of that crew is now 90 years old.

The farthest any human has ever been from Earth is 248,655 miles. The Apollo 13 crew set that number in 1970, and they didn't mean to. Their oxygen tank blew up, and the emergency route home took them farther out than anyone before or since. Tonight's crew will break that record on purpose.

And the crew itself. Victor Glover becomes the first Black astronaut to leave Earth's neighborhood. Christina Koch becomes the first woman. Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian fighter pilot, becomes the first non-American to do so. When they come home, they'll slam into the atmosphere at 25,000 mph, faster than any human has ever traveled.

The Moon's south pole has ice. Water ice, sitting in craters so deep that sunlight hasn't hit them in billions of years. A 2024 NASA study found way more of it than anyone expected. You can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, which gives you rocket fuel, breathable air, and drinking water, all made on the Moon instead of hauled up from Earth. George Sowers at Colorado School of Mines calculated that Moon-made fuel could shave $12 billion off a single trip to Mars. The Moon is a gas station on the road to Mars.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced last week a $20 billion plan to build a permanent base at the South Pole over the next seven years, with landings every six months. China is developing its own lunar lander and spacesuit, aiming for a crewed landing by 2030. The Artemis program has burned through $93 billion so far, and the first actual surface landing is penciled in for 2028. There's a real question of who gets there first this time around.

Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon in December 1972 as part of Apollo 17. He's 90. Asked about it this week, he sounded pretty relaxed. "Mars is attainable," he said. "We're humans. That's what we've always done."

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@SahilBloom Check out Chattanooga next time you’re in the area. Truly an outdoors city (2x Best Outdoor City in America— Outdoor Magazine) and plenty of folks who have read your work if you wanted to organize something.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@adamlwingfield This was a simply a misunderstanding.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

Shout out to @FreightAlley for working tirelessly to make sense of the freight industry in very confusing and challenging times. It’s a public service for all of us navigating through it.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

Europe is fantastic, but what do they have against functional air conditioning? Problematic.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

Proud dad moment when your daughter sings the national anthem before her basketball game on Senior Night. ❤️

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@Andrew_Silver7 We have an Airedale Terrier. Highly recommend! Just not super coordinated.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

Just caught Die Hard on HBO. Getting ready for Christmas!

[Kerry Williams @kerrywilliams_]

Relive the comeback from the bottom of the 9th inning, an inning that Vol fans will never forget.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@__MattPatt__ @APompliano I only see positive effects. More economic mobility for employees, more accountability on employers to build strong cultures and earn the loyalty of team members. Non-competes are one of the worst forms of corporate overreach that I can think of. Completely un-American.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@FreightAlley Well done and congrats @FreightAlley! You have done much to advance our industry and I think most people acknowledge and appreciate those contributions a lot.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@Super70sSports

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

Starting to really feel like the holiday season.

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@__MattPatt__ @JoeBiden @SteamLogistics is doing its part to help end this practice in the logistics industry https://t.co/ZtZ3brQgFh

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@FreightAlley @sweatystartup 💯

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

We were honored to have Karen Hutton, CEO of @WeKnowDirt share her inspiring story of success with our team today in honor of International Women's Day. More than 100 of our 264 Steam women were present and it was a great morning to hear from an amazing leader. Thank you, Karen!

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

@TEU_Byers Thanks so much. It’s been a fun transformation!

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

New lobby complete

[Jason Provonsha @provonsha]

🤔

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

Comparing the current S&P 500 rally to rallies in the 2007-09 and 2000-02 bear markets...