Laura Seward Forczyk 🌙💫🚀
@LauraForczyk
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Founder & Executive Director of space consulting firm @Astralytical helping businesses and organizations grow in space. Space career coach. Author. Mom. she/her
Space Coast, Florida
Joined April 2010
I’ve been thinking about this all morning. It will take a long time for NASA to rebuild from this loss of expertise, institutional knowledge, and capabilities. A long, long time.
What would've happened if 2,000+ senior NASA leaders were pushed out before the moon landing? We would've lost the space race to the Soviets. And now we risk losing the next space race to China.
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Looks like my instincts might be right about 1) Blue Moon Mk 1 in 2026, and 2) Blue Origin edging ahead of SpaceX with lunar lander development.
Blue Origin is getting closer to the second launch of New Glenn. Here's what to expect for that mission, and for subsequent flights.
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RT @beyondtheoffing: Our customer-focused mission at Seagate Space is to be the maritime partner that can deliver the assets, services, and….
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The LLM-written article with the fake quotes is posted by @opentoolsai. I use AI in my work in moderation. But attributing fake quotes to people is not only dishonest, it's a liability that will lead to lawsuits.
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This is so weird. Twice this week, I've found articles with fake quotes attributed to me, entirely written by LLM. This latest one says I disapprove of NASA on Netflix, which is false. There's a fake quote by @DrPhiltill, too. What do I do about this?.
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The book was fantastic. I have high hopes for the movie.
11.9 Light-years from home. 6th grade science teacher. 1 chance to save us all. Watch the trailer for Project Hail Mary – based on the novel by Andy Weir, starring Ryan Gosling, and directed by filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Only in theaters and IMAX - 3.20.26
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RT @astro_allan: 🇺🇸 I’m reaching out to my professional and personal network in the hope of finding a dear colleague and friend, Monica Rez….
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Always a pleasure to speak with @Astro_Jonny. NASA will decline in global space leadership and lose an important avenue of diplomacy if Congress approves deep cuts to NASA's budget.
“I would not be at all surprised to see coalitions forming outside the United States because NASA is not a reliable partner.”. Our Executive Director @LauraForczyk spoke with @thetimes about how proposed cuts to NASA's budget would affect international space cooperation.
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RT @LForczyk: Have you ever Googled yourself? Try it. What pops up? Anything you wouldn’t want a potential employer to see?. Today we are g….
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Wow.
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Love to see it! More rapid suborbital spaceflight cadence was predicted over a decade ago but has not been reality to date. Hopefully, the tide is turning and flight opportunities will increase. For New Shepard, at least.
We just completed our 13th human spaceflight and the 33rd flight of the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Allie Kuehner and her husband, Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis, and Jim Sitkin. To date, New Shepard has flown 70 people to
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I understand she doesn’t want to be fired and is stuck between a rock and a hard place. She didn’t ask for these proposed budget cuts. However, this is shamefully weak leadership from someone entrusted to be good a steward of America’s space program.
NASA acting administrator Janet Petro defended the White House cuts to the agency's science budget in response to a question about them. "There's a lot of science that can be done with $4 billion.".
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I’ve been taking some time off so I haven’t been tweeting. But if anyone wants my opinion on Starlink versus Kuiper at this time, this graph very nicely fits what I think.
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When you zoom out from this turbulent time, this is the most astounding time in human spaceflight, says @rookisaacman at @nss @ISDC. This man isn’t done with space yet!
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Whoa. SpaceX's Starship team is having a tough time lately. My condolences.
SpaceX's Ship 36 has experienced a RUD at Masseys in Starbase, Texas. @NASASpaceflight . Watch the aftermath live:
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Cooking in microgravity is soon to become possible! I had a great first meeting with a new client who invented a centrifuge oven which cooks evenly from the outside in. From a mix, he baked a cake during our meeting for us to enjoy!
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I enjoyed this past year's conference! Worth checking out.
2025 Spacepower Conference — Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now!.Dates: December 10-12, 2025.Location: The Hilton Orlando, Orlando, Florida.Register today:
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