Taylor Perko

I live in Houston now I guess... Trajectory Flight Controller| University of Washington alum | she/her

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

A robotics procedure that I wrote is being executed right now on the International Space Station. There is a GIANT ROBOT in SPACE doing the maneuvers I designed. I just-

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

Houston has a lot of billboards, and these are the only ones I don’t mind

[Emilee ☾ @EmileeBell98]

everyone in Kansas City knows

[ely kreimendahl @ElyKreimendahl]

microdosing freedom by not going to bed

[Peter Gao @PlanetaryGao]

“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” - Carl Sagan

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

I just became the Trajectory Analyst in Mission Control for Increment 67/68! To celebrate, here are some of the cool projects I’ve been working on (plus pics) leading up to this: Crew 3 rendezvous, Russian EVA 52 jettison, NG-17 berthing, and Cygnus reboost ops

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

@memesiwish This is Babushka and Risotto nicknamed Booshi and Rizzo!

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

I’d like to point out that this was entirely unprovoked. All the tunnel crew members (18-22yo undergrads, just trying to deliver on a ~$80,000 contract) were working on model changes between tunnel on-times and attempting to not laugh or get caught in photos during this

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

I worked at a wind tunnel in college. It seems like it’d be a boring job of aerospace monotony, however, I have more than one story like this: one time one of the techs from the client company showed everyone his mermaid tail (that he brought with him?) in our test section.

[Taylor Perko @tperko12]

Ever since we watched “Attack of the Killer Donuts” together, my mom and I have had the same taste in movies

[Amanda of In the Mourning @amandatranrocks]

The Ticketmaster header for ICCA is ⁦@FurmataUW⁩ 🤩

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Don’t pretend like you believe in the right to choose, you hypocrite.

[Jody Hamilton @fromthebunkerjr]

All. Of. This.

[jodie @jodieegrace]

hey so uhhh…. who pays the $10k fine for this one?

[Joe Neguse @JoeNeguse]

RT if you support my legislation to ban members of Congress from selling and trading stocks.

[abby govindan @abbygov]

Texas: where a virus has more reproductive rights than a woman

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

In the span of one week the Supreme Court forced 11 million households to face eviction and effectively overturned Roe v. Wade in the middle of the night.

This is what far-right extremism looks like. We need to expand the court.

[SheRatesDogs @SheRatesDogs]

This is genuinely terrifying

[alien peach @taxtherichh]

pro tip: if you got strict parents start rebelling young so you set and lower expectations otherwise you’re gonna be 20 asking your mum if you can dye your hair

[Yams Charania @BostonJerry]

Again, pandemic unemployment is $1200/month, which is $7.50/hour or $14,400/year.

If employers can't hire staff because they can't compete with those numbers, they need a new business model.