Chen the Space Nerd
@SpaceNerdChen
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I really love Touhou Project, FC Dallas, and spaceflight! Chen is life!!! #DTID ᗜ˰ᗜ lw player id: 0251763564
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Joined September 2020
Life under capitalism: My local library struggles to pay for winter heat, while an AI company steals and destroys books by the millions
jaw dropped at the sight of this picture in the excellent WaPo Anthropic story from the other day: " ... a book warehouse that was alleged to play a role in Anthropic’s Project Panama, its project to scan, digitize and destroy millions of books"
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The closeout crew departed from Launch Complex 39B. According to the original timeline, their departure was set to happen at L-45 minutes. This suggests that the simulated T-0 tonight will be somewhere around 12 a.m. EST (0500 UTC), but an official time hasn't been announced.
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Went to Food Lion and they declined my card so they released the Food Lion to Get Me
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Wow. This is apparently what was supposed to be a STATIC FIRE TEST today of a Tianlong-3 first stage by China's Space Pioneer. That's catastrophic, not static. Firm was targeting an orbital launch in the coming months. https://t.co/BY9MgJeE7A
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Wet dress rehearsal activities for the Artemis II countdown continue into today. Teams have been troubleshooting issues with filling the core stage with liquid hydrogen. The rocket is in a safe configuration. Get real-time updates here: https://t.co/40PMWktQjO
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Artemis II: ICPS upper stage liquid oxygen transfer line chilldown underway; ICPS hydrogen loading is continuing, as is core stage oxygen fill; core stage liquid hydrogen loading is still stopped for troubleshooting of an apparent leak
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