John Chinner
@johnchinner.bsky.social
Head of Outreach - Airbus Defence & Space UK. STEM Ambassador, Space Geek, Robot maker. Opinions & hair = my own.
Fair to say I'm looking forward to Project Hail Mary coming out next year. Interesting to see something that looks like an Ariane in the trailer. youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?...
New James Bond spotted paddleboarding off south Devon. Nah, it's me init. 🤗
This skeet is sent from a cable car over the Thames. 🚠
When I was a kid I loved building Lego. I was quite good at creating my own stuff too. But I'm crap at it now. There are just so many different pieces that do the one job they need to do. The creativity is all different. I liked having to be imaginative with the few bits I had.
I wonder why teachers are so frightened to engage with Raspberry Pi. I've just done an update and bricked my Pi5. 🤔
As an Apollo nerd it's quite exciting to be spending the day with these people. 😁
Whizzing through the countryside on a train, heading south from London on a sunny spring evening really is a super advert for Great Britain. ☀️🐄🐏🌲🌳🌳🏡🦋 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
I seem to come up with my best ideas when I'm walking the dog. The problem is that I need to finish the ideas I've already had before I start something new.
This is great. Even more of the ExoMars mission architecture to be built in the UK. 👍 spacenews.com/airbus-wins-...
Airbus wins contract for ExoMars lander platform
Airbus Defence and Space will build the landing platform for ESA’s ExoMars rover, replacing a critical component originally to be provided by Russia.
spacenews.com
Been experimenting with adding "emotions" to a robot. It's amazing how few pixels you need before the anthropomorphism kicks in. 😊
10 years since we sent Astro Pi to the space station it's still going strong. Today I completed another CPD session with primary teachers, who will be sending code to space with their classes in no time!
So. Electric State. Everywhere I look I see negative reviews. Is it in my top 10, probably not. Is it terrible. No way. Give it a go.
So is this a Starship landing or orbital insertion? What's the plan for planetary protection from all those microbes and bacteria from Texas? (And unmanned again BBC, really?)🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk says first SpaceX mission to Mars will launch next year - BBC News
The billionaire says an unmanned mission by his SpaceX "Starship" vehicle will be followed by human landings as early as 2029.
bbc.co.uk
The UK is getting back into a run of evening sightings of the ISS, and (whisper it) maybe clear skies. Tonight's good pass is 20:01 in Swindon, but you can look up your times at spotthestation.nasa.gov. Look West at the right time, look out for a really bright, moving dot, and give the Crew a wave.
Spot The Station
See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.
spotthestation.nasa.gov
I can't believe it took me until my mid 40s to discover that unconditional love from a dog is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world.
Just watched the ISS pass overhead and what I presume is a Dragon chasing along behind it. I've been ISS spotting for 20+ years (and Mir before that) and it still blows my mind to see a crewed spaceship with my own eyes.
Yes perhaps surprisingly for many, UK does have a space agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social, .as well as leading space capabilities and some of this is supporting an excellent European Space Agency programme @esa.int - so we must celebrate and nurture this vs darker times elsewhere…
Josef Aschbacher@josefaschbacher.esa.int · last yr.@esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social are boosting the UK's space sector and startup scene by driving economic growth, tech autonomy, high-value jobs, and a shared ethical and sustainable vision. This increase in funding highlights our joint commitment in elevating the future of Europe in space.
