Erin

@ChateauErin
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Games writer (Hack n' Slash), aerospace engineer at JSC, first queen of RPOP. Demon-frog apologist. Trans woman. Avatar: Shia the Cat.

I star posts very inconsistently and have disabled notifications about being starred. Please don't infer anything from me not using the star.

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Erin3h ago
Ben Brockert4h ago

Randomly tuning in to the moon mission is really interesting. Right now they are having a professional argument about whether they are getting the NatGeo work done or if ground just doesn't know what they're up to. Before that they said that they'd like to be able to do emails before they go to bed and wake up, implying something is broken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs

"This meeting could have been an email" turns into "this voice comm over the Deep Space Network could have been an email"

NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)

This feed will provide continuous coverage of Artemis II mission activities with live commentary, beginning with tanking of the SLS (Space Launch System) roc...

YouTube
Erin3h ago
DCoder 🇱🇹❤🇺🇦6h ago
Erin1d ago
Corey S Powell2d ago

Even before beginning formal science operations, the remarkable Rubin Observatory has already discovered 12,700 new asteroids.

It found 11,000 asteroids in just 6 weeks during an "optimization" shakedown.

https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2608/ #space #science #technology

Erin1d ago
Elissa1d ago

A question for you all - which VIDEO GAME has your favourite in-game interface? That means UI, controls, everything. An interface that not only feels natural and good but immerses you in the game, makes play easy, AND makes you want to keep playing. Can be from any era.

(Please boost)

Erin2d ago
hell's bells, it looks like my April 2 Youtube recommendations are going to be dominated by stupid videos from April 1.
Erin2d ago
I simply cannot understand peoples' enthusiasm for a computer that lies to you
Erin2d ago
JulieR3d ago

For others interested in the #Artemis2 toilet:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/artemis-iis-toilet-is-a-moon-mission-milestone/

Artemis II’s toilet is a moon mission milestone

On their voyages to the moon, NASA’s astronauts are finally getting some creature comforts of terrestrial toilets—such as having a door and being able to pee and poop simultaneously

Scientific American
Erin2d ago
wohali2d ago
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oh wow I see those hearts from Scott. Mars and Me is still one of the best blogs/memoirs ever. ♥ right back at you

I don't think I got into that blog on "the ground floor" as it were, but I think I did start reading before you were done posting, so it's likely I was reading it during the time I was working on FLASHE Ramses. Quite possibly literally at work.

https://marsandme.blogspot.com/
for anybody unfamiliar.

Mars and Me

The unofficial diary of a Mars rover driver, five years delayed

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I think we limited MATLAB restarts during compile (MEXing? MATLAB EXecutable format?) to three times and assumed that if it needed more then there was a real problem. I think I recall that assumption failing at least once, to the frustration of the FSW developers submitting changes.

Eventually, through many years of labor by an enormous team, we actually did get usable spacecraft out of all that. But I still reel sometimes thinking about it. The way the sausage is made is wild.