Mastodawn

🌱🚀 My podcast about plants in space is turning 5 & I want to celebrate by hearing from you!

What do you think the future of astrobotany looks like?

Will we grow greenhouses on the Moon? Engineer crops that thrive on Mars? Or discover something in space that transforms how we grow food on Earth?

Big or small, serious or wildly imaginative—I’d love to include your ideas.

Reply here or DM me by 20 July to share your thoughts.

Let’s dream up the next 5 years of astrobotany together. 💫

SpaceMacSpiff 5d ago

Ever since I first learned about the mission, NASA Pathfinder captured my imagination. First with its daring EDL sequence, then reading the back stories of how this team came to beat the odds in so many ways the complete narrative became a self-perpetuating inspiration. I highly recommend reading Donna Shirley’s book “Managing Martians” which gives great insight to the mission. As I start finally building my full scale Sojourner replica, I’ll be channeling my inner space cadet and hoping for more missions like this in the future!
#nasa #sojourner #explore #mars #space

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SpaceMacSpiff 6d ago

2/2 if you ever want to build one, here’s a great 1/2 scale model (that you can totally scale up to full size!) which you can print:

https://www.printables.com/model/1194497-sojourner-mars-rover

Also, a great book about the mission:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/166161/managing-martians-by-donna-shirley/

Sojourner Mars Rover by bglasford1 | Download free STL model | Printables.com

A working model of the Sojourner Mars Rover. | Download free 3D printable STL models

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SpaceMacSpiff 6d ago

1/2 28 years ago, one of the most valuable science missions landed on the Red Planet. NASA Pathfinder proved many new, innovative, and valuable approaches and exploration techniques. IMHO, Pathfinder (and its Sojourner rover) was the most important space robotic mission as it opened the door to innovative solutions to so many other amazing science challenges.
#mars #sojourner #science #research #july4th #NASA

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_(rover)

Sojourner (rover) - Wikipedia

SpaceMacSpiff Jul 2

DeltaWye Jul 2

For the folks visiting #pittsburgh this weekend for #anthrocon - one amazing place to visit is the Heinz Museum. It’s within walking distance of the convention center, and has some awesome exhibits about the history and technology of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Links in the next post.)

SpaceMacSpiff Jul 1

Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀Jul 1

My top stories from the world of space plants and gardening include space bioreactors, a cultural crop seed payload, anthocyanins and synthetic lichen on Mars!

#astrobotany #SpacePlants

https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-1-july-2025/

Mission Report: 1 July 2025 - Space Botany

My top stories from the world of space plants and gardening include space bioreactors, a cultural crop seed payload, anthocyanins and synthetic lichen on Mars!

Space Botany

SpaceMacSpiff Jun 26

On a call today: …”hundreds of kilo amps…” Zeus may even have raised an eyebrow when he hear that up on Olympus. 🤣

SpaceMacSpiff Jun 25