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I watched the #Challenger shuttle disaster from inside Mission Control - 40 years ago today https://zdnet.com/article/remembering-challenger-shuttle-disaster/ via @ZDNet & @sjvn
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Er komt een vreemd geluid uit de Boeing Starliner
Mission Control in het Johnson Space Center in Houston vergelijkt het geluid met een “pulserend geluid, bijna als een sonar-ping”.
https://www.kuuke.nl/er-komt-een-vreemd-geluid-uit-de-boeing-starliner/
#boeing #ButchWilmore #nasa #sonarping #starliner #VreemdGeluid
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Er komt een vreemd geluid uit de Boeing Starliner
Mission Control in het Johnson Space Center in Houston vergelijkt het geluid met een “pulserend geluid, bijna als een sonar-ping”.
https://www.kuuke.nl/er-komt-een-vreemd-geluid-uit-de-boeing-starliner/
#boeing #ButchWilmore #nasa #sonarping #starliner #VreemdGeluid
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Er komt een vreemd geluid uit de Boeing Starliner
Mission Control in het Johnson Space Center in Houston vergelijkt het geluid met een “pulserend geluid, bijna als een sonar-ping”.
https://www.kuuke.nl/er-komt-een-vreemd-geluid-uit-de-boeing-starliner/
#boeing #ButchWilmore #nasa #sonarping #starliner #VreemdGeluid
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Er komt een vreemd geluid uit de Boeing Starliner
Mission Control in het Johnson Space Center in Houston vergelijkt het geluid met een “pulserend geluid, bijna als een sonar-ping”.
https://www.kuuke.nl/er-komt-een-vreemd-geluid-uit-de-boeing-starliner/
#boeing #ButchWilmore #nasa #sonarping #starliner #VreemdGeluid
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Er komt een vreemd geluid uit de Boeing Starliner
Mission Control in het Johnson Space Center in Houston vergelijkt het geluid met een “pulserend geluid, bijna als een sonar-ping”.
https://www.kuuke.nl/er-komt-een-vreemd-geluid-uit-de-boeing-starliner/
#boeing #ButchWilmore #nasa #sonarping #starliner #VreemdGeluid
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There's also the Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience, with the audio from mission control!
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
(Thanks @rowan72!)
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A lot of exciting new features in Java Mission Control 9.0.0!
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Stage Manager is not the missing part of Mission Control, but might still be useful. #WWDC22 #macOSVentura
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#SocialSpace: Apply to join Juice launch at ESA mission control
#SocialSpace: Apply to join Juice launch at ESA mission control -
2/2 station will be more like Houston Mission Control once back, ( Mike Baxter eat your heart out...). Especially as i plan to use my scope in the garden remotely as well.
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#AgnikulCosmos has set up India's first private launch pad and mission control center at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, #Sriharikota. #IndianPrivateSpace
Press release - https://www.isro.gov.in/first_private_launch_mission_control.html
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#AgnikulCosmos has set up India's first private launch pad and mission control center at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, #Sriharikota. #IndianPrivateSpace
Press release - https://www.isro.gov.in/first_private_launch_mission_control.html
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#AgnikulCosmos has set up India's first private launch pad and mission control center at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, #Sriharikota. #IndianPrivateSpace
Press release - https://www.isro.gov.in/first_private_launch_mission_control.html
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#AgnikulCosmos has set up India's first private launch pad and mission control center at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, #Sriharikota. #IndianPrivateSpace
Press release - https://www.isro.gov.in/first_private_launch_mission_control.html
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RT @AstroAnnimal
All woman commentators during the #AllWomanSpacewalk from @Space_Station Mission Control in Houston, TX! -
I’m picturing a little yellow pixar Minion named AL running around mission control. #Albedo #ArtemisII #Moon
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I’m picturing a little yellow pixar Minion named AL running around mission control. #Albedo #ArtemisII #Moon
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I’m picturing a little yellow pixar Minion named AL running around mission control. #Albedo #ArtemisII #Moon
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I’m picturing a little yellow pixar Minion named AL running around mission control. #Albedo #ArtemisII #Moon
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Oh, and in order to make ctrl-leftarrow and rightarrow work in the #terminal.app and in #broot, I needed to remove or remap ctrl-left/right from the #macOS keyboard shortcuts "Mission Control" to "Move left/right a space".
And add the following to the "keyboard" settings for the Terminal.app:
^← `\033[1;5D`
^→ `\033[1;5C`
⎇← `\033b`
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In a world where stories shape reality, a young writer in the Foxtrot Unit navigates the blurred lines between truth and fiction amidst World War Three. Their mission: control the narrative and question everything they know. Can you discern truth from lies?
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macOS #macintosh #netscape #navigator #cck
Catch of the Day: The Corporate Time Capsule! 🏢💼
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, our Frog pond caught a guest whose browser ID looks like a secret message from 2001: Netscape Navigator 4.77C-CCK-MCD on a Mac!
What on earth does that alphabet soup at the end mean? That is pure nostalgia for system administrators!
CCK stands for the Client Customization Kit. This allowed companies, universities, or Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to brand the Netscape Navigator with their own corporate logos, fixed bookmarks, and homepages.
MCD stands for Mission Control Desktop. This was a powerful Netscape tool that allowed admins to centrally control and lock down browser settings for thousands of employees across the corporate network.
The fact that today, 25 years later, someone boots up their old Apple Macintosh (probably running Mac OS 8 or 9) and uses exactly this customized, strictly regulated corporate or provider version to visit FrogFind is an absolute dream. A living fossil of early enterprise IT!
May your bookmarks always be centrally managed!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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In a world where stories shape reality, a young writer in the Foxtrot Unit navigates the blurred lines between truth and fiction amidst World War Three. Their mission: control the narrative and question everything they know. Can you discern truth from lies?
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Thoughts On The MacBook Neo
The MacBook Neo is a nice piece of kit. If you’re in the market the price is right, the build is very good, and in my first impressions the laptop is a delight. Any of the complaints and concerns you’ve probably read or heard from those who own more kitted out Macs can be easily dismissed. At the moment. I’d venture to say that for the vast majority of everyday computer users the MacBook Neo will be a nice fit.
One of the folks I support reached out and said they wanted to obtain one, so I picked one up and did the drudge work of installing the OS update and some of the initial setup last week. We later spent some time together getting it set up the way they like. Moving from an M1 MacBook Air bought in 2022, they opted for a Citrus colored 512GB model with TouchID. The good news is there’s no real learning curve for this client when it comes to features and using the device. There is no bad news.
When I say “in the market,” my client is what I consider one of the perfect customers for the MacBook Neo. A retired senior that began using a computer later in life, later jumping on the iPhone train with the iPhone 5.
They do most of their computing on an iPhone and use a laptop for email, messaging, shopping, FaceTime, and some occasional writing. Occasionally they use Photos on a MacBook Air to manage photos, but still do most of that on an iPhone.
Of the fancy new features Apple has released over the last few years the only one they really rely on is seeing notifications from their iPhone on their laptop screen when they are using the laptop. There’s a currently a problem with that, which I’ll address later.
Given their computing needs and desires, they could probably get by without a laptop, but due to decreased finger flexibility, they feel more comfortable using a laptop for apps like Messages and Apple Mail when they are home. The only thing they connect to a port is power.
Hardware
As to the device itself, it feels great and a bit whimsical. As a MacBook Air user (13-inch, M4) I have to say that I’d love to see the guts of the Air in this form factor. They weigh the same, and the Neo is slightly smaller, but it feels tinier and more totable. You give up a bit of screen real estate with the slightly smaller display, but there is no notch. Apple may have cut features now considered defaults on the MacBook Air, but it didn’t skimp on the look and feel quality. In my opinion that and the price point are what sells the device.
We’ve long since reached a point where computing devices, whether in traditional form, or smartphones and tablets, all come with so many features that even power users don’t need or use some of what’s possible. Innovation has always curved towards adding more possibilities, as it should. In my opinion, it’s a good thing to flatten the curve a bit, offering products that don’t need all the bells and whistles.
Color
Apple is taking larger steps towards bolder color choices these days, and the Citrus color scheme for the Neo certainly is another big stride into that orchard. I personally wasn’t that attracted to it when it was unveiled, but after having the Neo around for a bit, I have to say that it not only adds to the novelty, but makes the tool feel a bit more fun. At night under a desk lamp the damn thing gives off an almost otherworldly glow.
One of Apple’s trends of the last few years is to match up UI color schemes and themes with the color chosen for the hardware. Highlights, buttons, and some text reflect and complement the color of the shell. The tinted keyboard of the Neo takes that a further step forward on the fun factor scale. That said, the citrus Neo’s color scheme, bold as it is, often leaves some text harder to read, certainly for older eyes.
We settled on choosing the dark version of the Citrus wallpaper for my client to solve this.
The A18 Pro Chip
Apple raised eyebrows announcing and releasing this new laptop powered by an iPhone chip. An older and binned A18 Pro chip. In my limited time with the Neo I haven’t noticed anything but good performance.
I’ve heard and read others state that the setup process was slower than they have experienced on M-series Apple laptops. That wasn’t my experience. Things moved along readily enough If you count the number of times you have to accept and click on permission popups as something that’s desirable in an out-of-the-box experience. But that’s unfortunately true of any of Apple’s computers.
Again, I’m experiencing this only through setting up and doing a few tutorials for my client, but the performance I’m seeing feels more than adequate to met their needs.
One thing I did notice throughout my hands on time is that the Neo takes longer to connect to a WiFi network than either my MacBook Air or iMac (both M4 devices.) In fact, it feels very much like how long an iPhone sometimes does connecting to WiFi when rebooting. That makes sense on a smartphone when a device immediately connects to a cell signal, but in an age when everything is expecting an Internet connection one way or another, (on setting up a new device one of the first things required is to establish a WiFi connection) it seems like there should be a way to not start reaching out on a previously set up, non-cellular device until after a connection is made.
Battery Life
Setting up any new computer or smartphone puts a load on battery life. That continues during the first day or so after initial setup as things sync up. After performing the first OS update I didn’t use the Neo much until after my client was with me, but even after continuing setup and tweaking a few things there was 68% battery life left. Time will tell how that goes, but given my client’s usage I don’t anticipate them having battery life issues.
Memory Management
Much was also made about the one size fits all 8GB memory cap, regardless of the storage model one chooses. My client doesn’t run a heavy load of applications or keep many tabs open, so I’m not the best judge of how good the swapping out of memory to the SSD works. Apple’s Unified Memory Architecture seems to be working as designed in my limited view. I do wonder how well it does with devices that only have a 256GB SSD if they contain a lot of data.
Screen Size
I prefer the More Space option on displays I use. My client prefers the default view. Even with More Space selected, the Neo feels very much like a one app at a time computer to me, which generally lines up with my client’s needs. I always set up a Hot Corner Shortcut with Mission Control to make window navigation easier, and that feels more necessary on the Neo in the default display mode.
Apple has a feature that allows you to click the wallpaper and move all open apps off of the screen. You can choose to do this all of the time, or only in Stage Manager. I don’t recommend Stage Manager to my clients, and I typically recommend turning off the click wallpaper to show desktop feature. In this case my client likes this fly away feature, and sees it as a bit of whimsy. Even though they prefer to keep the Dock and Menu Bar always visible. So we’ll leave it on.
Trackpad
The Neo has a different trackpad than other current MacBooks. From what I’d read previously I expected to feel more of a difference between it and the trackpad on the MacBook Air. There’s a difference certainly, but it doesn’t feel like that big of one to me. I moved back and forth between the two devices without even really thinking about it.
Notifications from iPhone
I mentioned an issue earlier with iPhone notifications flowing through to the MacBook Neo. This is a feature I use myself. It’s set up through iPhone Mirroring, which you have to open at least once in order to set up.
One of the nifty things about this feature is that you’re allowed to pick and choose which notifications flow through and those you block either on your iPhone, or on your Mac. If you choose to use this feature and set it up, you’ll see an option in your Mac’s settings to allow these notifications.
If you click on Allow Notifications from iPhone, you’ll be taken to another screen. Below the three Allow options here, you’ll see a list of any notifications you’re allowing to flow through or not from you iPhone, and whether you’ve turned them off on your iPhone or they are coming through from an app installed on your Mac. As a reference, the screenshot below is from my iMac.
On my client’s Neo, no apps appeared initially. The section above that begins with Acme Weather is blank on their Neo. There shouldn’t have been many. Regardless none were there. We called Apple Support and opened a ticket. Luckily on the first call we got a senior advisor who understood the issue. After doing some checking the situation turned into something Apple is really interested in tracking down. These are a new line of devices after all. So we were off into the land of running sysdiagnoses. We’re expecting a call back on Friday with any discoveries or solutions Apple may have come up with. Fortunately we have time still left in the return window.
At the Moment
In the opening paragraph of this post I also used the phrase “At the moment.” Two thoughts there.
First, as I’ve described my client, they are not a heavy laptop user. Those who might be looking into the MacBook Neo who are might have a different experience in both the short or long term. I’ve never yet met a computer that doesn’t slow down over time. I doubt the MacBook Neo will be any different. The difference in any performance degradation between the Neo and other Mac laptops is yet to be seen. My hunch is this first MacBook Neo will still be a winner for at least a few years, certainly if you’re a not a heavy user.
Second, the rumors are that the Neo is such a success that Apple might be running out of the binned A18Pro chips it’s using to power the MacBook Neo. Speculation on what happens if that’s true is rampant, and who really knows. Current demand has already caused a delay in shipping times, and I know that secondary retailers Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have plenty of signs, but very limited or no stock. My hunch here is that Apple will be selling MacBook Neos for quite some time, even though it might take you a while to get your hands on one.
Summing Up
To conclude, let me say that I’ve thought since Apple’s announcement of the MacBook Neo that it would prove to be a hit and a palpable one to the laptop market in general. In my brief experience setting up this one for my client and seeing their delight at the form factor, coupled with the high demand, I’ll more than double down on that thinking.
Personally, as I anticipate my computing needs becoming less in the more quickly than I’d like years to come, I could easily see myself relying on a MacBook Neo in the future.
You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above.
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‘God, It’s Terrifying’: How the #Pentagon Got Hooked on #AI #War Machines
An excerpt from the book #ProjectMaven shows how #US enlisted #SiliconValley in its vision for AI #warfare, now playing out in Iran. Using an AI-enabled mission control called #MavenSmartSystem, US attacked 1,000 targets in first 24hr, about twice scale of shock-and-awe campaign in Iraq in 2003. Within 10 days it had hit 5,000 targets, according to Central Command (#Centcom).
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-12/iran-war-tests-project-maven-us-ai-war-strategy
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Okey, #deeprockgalactic broke my brain. Well, okey maybe it's the actually the #autism /#adhd . Point is, "we're rich!" and "Mushroom!" totally hijacked my verbal #stimming 😂 My partner probably could tell you a bit about how mission control feels. #RockandStone #drg #gaming #games
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This Saturday’s #defconmovienight brings the story of one of the great #hardwarehacking challenges of the 20th century - Apollo 13.
Join us Saturday at 8pm PST in the movie-night-text channel of our Discord (discord.gg/defcon) for film and conversation. We’ll be watching our monitors breathlessly like Mission Control.
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Megan McArthur lascia la NASA
Al termine di una carriera durata oltre vent’anni, Megan McArthur lascia la NASA.
Con alle spalle due missioni spaziali che le hanno permesso di totalizzare 213 giorni nello spazio, Megan detiene anche due primati: è stata la prima donna a pilotare una capsula Dragon di SpaceX e l’ultima persona a “toccare”, seppur con il braccio robotico Canadarm dello Space Shuttle, il telescopio spaziale Hubble.
McArthur è stata il pilota della missione Crew-2 a bordo della Dragon Endeavour, che SpaceX ha lanciato per conto della NASA il 23 aprile 2021. Si è trattata della sua seconda (ed ultima) missione spaziale e della sua prima ed unica missione di lunga durata sulla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale. Nel corso di questa missione di 200 giorni, Megan è stata ingegnere del volo per Expedition 65, svolgendo una vasta quantità di esperimenti scientifici relativi alla salute, alle scienze dei materiali e alla robotica.
In questa foto del 3 giugno 2021, Megan McArthur, ingegnere di volo per Expedition 65 carica le piastre per la cristallografia proteica con soluzioni di proteine per l’esperimento Real-time Protein Crystal Growth. Questo studio biotecnologico serve a dimostrare nuovi metodi per la produzione di cristalli proteici di elevata qualità in microgravità. Questi risultati possono essere utili per identificare nuovi obiettivi di ricerca e per sviluppare farmaci migliori per il trattamento di alcune specifiche malattie. Credit: NASA/FlickrLa sua prima missione spaziale è stata STS-125 (Servicing Mission 4 – SM4) dello Space Shuttle Atlantis, partita l’11 maggio 2009 alla volta del telescopio Hubble. Nelle vesti di specialista di missione, McArthur ha avuto la responsabilità di manipolare il telescopio orbitale con il braccio robotico della navetta e di fornire supporto durante le cinque attività extraveicolari necessarie alla riparazione e all’aggiornamento di Hubble. Inoltre, l’astronauta statunitense ha anche fornito supporto alle operazioni a bordo della navetta durante il lancio, l’avvicinamento al telescopio e l’atterraggio.
Megan McArthur Mission Specialist (MS2) della missione STS-125 posa per una foto il 17 maggio 2009, mentre è al lavoro con il braccio robotico Canadarm (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System – SRMS) dal ponte di coda dell’Atlantis durante le attività del Flight Day 7 Credit: NASA/Flickr«L’attenta leadership di Megan, la sua eccellenza a livello operativo e il suo totale e profondo impegno per la scienza e l’esplorazione, hanno avuto un impatto duraturo», ha commentato Steve Koerner, direttore ad interim del Johnson Space Center della NASA a Houston. «Il suo contributo è stato utile per plasmare il futuro dell’esplorazione spaziale umana, e siamo estremamente grati per il suo servizio».
Megan McArthur nella sua carriera alla NASA, ha ricoperto anche diversi ruoli di responsabilità tecnica. Nel 2019, è stata nominata vice capo divisione dell’Ufficio Astronauti in supporto all’addestramento dei colleghi e allo sviluppo delle operazioni spaziali. Inoltre, a partire dal 2017 è stata anche assistente del direttore delle operazioni di volo per il programma della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale.
19 maggio 2011, Megan McArthur, Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) per la missione STS-134 monitora i dati alla sua consolle nella Space Shuttle Flight Control Room presso il Mission Control Center del Johnson Space Center durante le attività del Flight Day 4. Credit: NASAMegan recentemente si è occupata anche di divulgazione, ricoprendo dal 2022 la carica di capo direttore scientifico presso lo Space Centre di Houston, ovvero il Visitor Centre del Johnson Space Center della NASA. Proseguendo in questo suo ruolo, ella promuove attivamente il coinvolgimento del pubblico sui temi legati all’esplorazione spaziale, con l’intento di accrescere la comprensione dei suoi benefici per l’umanità e di migliorare la cultura scientifica.
Katherine Megan McArthur è nata il 30 agosto 1971 ad Honolulu, Hawaii, ma è cresciuta in California dove ha frequentato la St. Francis High School di Mountain View. Nel 1993 si è laureata in ingegneria aerospaziale all’University of California di Los Angeles e nel 2002 ha ottenuto il dottorato in oceanografia dallo Scripps Institution of Oceanography dell’University of California di San Diego. Durante questi studi, McArthur ha partecipato a ricerche sulla propagazione acustica sottomarina e sull’elaborazione dei segnali digitali e ha svolto inoltre ricerche con attività subacquee.
McArthur è stata selezionata dalla NASA nel 2000 come specialista di missione e dopo i consueti due anni di addestramento è stata assegnata all’Astronaut Office Shuttle Operations Branch per lavorare su alcuni aspetti tecnici dei sistemi dello Space Shuttle presso lo Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). Di seguito è stata selezionata come astronauta di supporto a terra per l’equipaggio dell’Expedition 9 nel corso della missione di sei mesi nella stazione spaziale nel 2004. Inoltre è stata CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) sia per lo Space Shuttle che per la Stazione Spaziale Internazionale.
Nella Space Station Flight Control Room del Mission Control Center presso il Johnson Space Center, gli astronauti Megan McArthur e Shane Kimbrough, sono in contatto con i membri dell’equipaggio dell’Expedition 36 a bordo dell’International Space Station, nel corso dell’attività extraveicolare del 9 luglio 2013, eseguita dagli astronauti Chris Cassidy della NASA e Luca Parmitano dellESA. Credit: NASA
«É stato un incredibile privilegio servire come astronauta della NASA, lavorando con scienziati di tutto il mondo su ricerche all’avanguardia che continuano ad avere un impatto duraturo qui sulla Terra e che preparano l’umanità per le esplorazioni del futuro sulla Luna e su Marte», ha dichiarato McArthur. «Dal telescopio spaziale Hubble alla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale, il nostro laboratorio di ricerca in orbita bassa, l’umanità ha sviluppato degli strumenti incredibili che ci aiutano a rispondere ad importanti quesiti scientifici, a risolvere complesse sfide ingegneristiche e a guadagnare una profonda comprensione riguardo alla nostra posizione nell’universo. Vedere il nostro splendido pianeta dallo spazio, rende chiaro quanto sia fragile e preziosa la nostra casa e quanto sia vitale che noi la proteggiamo. Sono grata di aver avuto l’opportunità di contribuire a questo lavoro, e sono eccitata nell’osservare i nostri brillanti ingegneri e scienziati della NASA superare nuove sfide e perseguire ulteriori scoperte scientifiche per il beneficio di tutti.»
Megan McArthur è sposata con l’ex astronauta ed ex capo dell’Ufficio Astronauti della NASA Bob Behnken, dal quale ha avuto un figlio. Behnken ha volato anche a bordo della Dragon Endeavour per la missione SpaceX Demo-2 nel 2020. Proprio il seggiolino occupato da Behnken in Endeavour è stato usato poco tempo dopo anche da sua moglie Megan per la missione Crew-2 di SpaceX, che è stato anche il secondo volo della capsula.
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Funny thing to notice, as I begin my much-anticipated but inexorable slide into curmudgeonly crepitude...
I spent a lifetime loving the style of Chris Kraft and other NASA Mission Controllers and their colleagues. The Ronsir eyeglasses, crew cuts, white shirts and black ties. That was COOL.
And today during LOS when half of Mission Control got up for a break during LOS, it's all skinny hipster suits that don't fit, brown sneakers and no socks with gray trousers, etc. Yuck!