Joalda Morancy

lunar lander engineer, phd student in spacecraft controls, jack of many trades master of none!

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

A thread of all my science/space threads: a thread lol

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

@itschrxstiann my friend!

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

I partially revive this xwitter account to repost this thread

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

@bagatsen thanks for following all these years! :)

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

I think I’m officially going to go quiet on here (will lurk occasionally for spaceflight news).

planning on using substack more instead! if you’re over there, come say hi! if not, godspeed all 🫡

https://t.co/YCXTPDfBlb

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Our lunar lander is headed to the Lone Star State! ⭐

Blue Moon MK1 departed from Florida today, bound for @NASA_Johnson's Thermal Vacuum Chamber A, where it will undergo testing at the same facility as the Apollo spacecraft.

[Hernandy D. Uzumaki @hernandy_s]

Pls come back with superpowers Pls come back with superpowers Pls come back with superpowers

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

@DJSnM @JeffBezos you can trust us that it is 😎

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

From the Mojave Desert to the Moon!

We completed the final integrated fixed-wing flight test for our Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander's navigation systems in the Mojave, validating our precision landing hardware and software. A test pod, equipped with a complete navigation sensor suite, was installed on the plane for a comprehensive end-to-end demonstration of all MK1 navigation hardware and software functionality, complementary to testing planned in the vehicle test bed.

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

hey I work on this 😎😎

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

The Blue Moon MK1 flight vehicle that will land near Shackleton crater. We’ll soon be doing fully integrated checkout tests. At over 26 feet tall (8 meters), it’s smaller than our MK2 human lander but larger than the historic Apollo lander.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Good overview of the landing. We nominally target a few hundred feet away from Jacklyn to avoid a severe impact if engines fail to start or start slowly. We’ll incrementally reduce that conservatism over time. We are all excited and grateful for yesterday. Amazing performance by the team! Gradatim Ferociter.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some fun stills! Congrats Team Blue and NASA on an amazing day. Never tell me the odds!

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

BOOSTER TOUCHDOWN! New Glenn returns to its blue origin.

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

WE’RE GOING TO THE MOON WOOOOO

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

OH MY GOD???? #NewGlenn

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

HOLY SHIT! They landed the booster. Huge congratulations to Blue Origin and everyone who worked their asses off to make this happen.

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

@SciGuySpace thanks, the whole team worked countless hours on this! now onto the moon next 🙂

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

hey it’s me (…in the shadows…)!

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

From the Mojave Desert to the Moon!

We completed the final integrated fixed-wing flight test for our Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander's navigation systems in the Mojave, validating our precision landing hardware and software. A test pod, equipped with a complete navigation sensor suite, was installed on the plane for a comprehensive end-to-end demonstration of all MK1 navigation hardware and software functionality, complementary to testing planned in the vehicle test bed.

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

My second book is out in the world starting today :-) yippee

[Joalda Morancy @solarrsystem]

Life update! Now presenting “How to Survive on the Moon: Lunar Lessons from a Rocket Scientist”, a children’s nonfiction book written by me and illustrated by the amazingly talented Aaron Cushley.

It’s been such a wonderful time working with @neonsquidbooks for this second book!

[Aaron Cushley (he/him/his) @CushnDoodle]

I bet Neil wishes he had this guide before that first moonwalk. How to survive on the Moon is out now in the US. U.K. spacers will have to wait until Thursday for it. Thanks to @neonsquidbooks and @solarrsystem!