Joseph Gruber

@josephgruber.com

Satellite ground software/mission ops software engineer. Alum of AWS Ground Station, Blue Origin, NASA Goddard. and the GWOT. Occasional weather, Python dev, AWS DevOps, space, aviation, and the Phillies 🔔. Opinions my own. 📍 Colorado

Love that Ted Lasso S4 spent a considerable amount of time on the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in KC. ♥️ ⚾ Definitely on my list to visit one of these days.

If anyone is looking for a writer and photographer to do paid freelance work in the travel realm, (airlines, aircraft manufacturing, airports, hotels, etc) please reach out! I have a nearly 15 years of experience with notable outlets, a passport, and a flexible schedule. ✈️

This is all well and good, but the big question remains: what is NASA trying to accomplish with PROMISE beyond getting a "win"? What is it trying to accomplish, and is it worth drawing down limited stockpiles of Pu-238 and using our spare RTG to do so?

David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 5d ago

NASA administrator Isaacman's response to @planetarysociety.bsky.social @caseydreier.bsky.social report that flying the earthbound Mars test rover to the moon will likely cost a billion. Isaacman doesn't actually disagree or cite any inaccuracies, one notes