absolutspacegrl

absolutspacegrl, 3 days ago to random

Considering Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 achieved escape velocity & lunar orbit - with humans on board who survived the trip, no, but radiation shielding is something we actively work on while balancing things like mass.

In planning for our missions today, EMI testing is something that I’m currently helping to coordinate as part of environmental/qualification testing for some components. Here’s a good article:
https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/apollo-11-van-allen-radiation-belts-translunar-injection/

From: @GatekeepKen
https://mastodon.social/@GatekeepKen/112578161148817258

absolutspacegrl, 4 days ago to random

I will be at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) next week for meetings and training classes with some of the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) folks working on their “Lunar Cruiser” (lunar rover).

I’ve braved plenty of Houston summers…show me what you got, New Mexico! 😁🥵

https://gearjunkie.com/news/toyota-lunar-cruiser

absolutspacegrl, 10 days ago to space

I’m not working this program so I can’t speak to this particular thing, but I have worked several launches on console in Mission Control.

A scrub this late, at least for me with Space Shuttle, was so hard mentally! You get into a mindset when, over many hours (our ascent shifts ended ~ 1 hr after Post Insertion, so we arrived on console ~ 7 hrs before launch), you psych yourself up for liftoff. It’s very deflating to be so close & not go! #nasa

From: @thejapantimes
https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/112545587571558419

absolutspacegrl, 10 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random

Correct on the first sentence at least. I’m not going to speculate on a return date because that would be irresponsible given my job. And I honestly have no idea. And aliens.

I’m kidding.

Or am I. 👽

From: @darnell
https://one.darnell.one/@darnell@one.darnell.one/112544993066592076

absolutspacegrl, 18 days ago to space

My office at work currently has 4 women and 1 man.

I have been the “only” woman in an office full of men so many times - this is the first time it’s been reversed! And I’m having so much fun! (Sorry, Thomas, for all of the silliness!)

#nasa #womeninstem #engineering

sysop408, 21 days ago to ADHD

Just saw this ad for a magnetic tag that can be bound to your bags to allow you to leave handbags and backpacks hanging on any metal surface.

Anyone with #ADHD upon seeing this. 😳

I’m often seen carrying a messenger bag that never leaves my body. Even when I do put it down in public, I usually loop a strap around my leg.

There’s a reason for that.

A purse magnetically attached to the side of a car by way of a tag with a magnet inside it.
A magnetic tag on a purse holds the purse up against a magnetic door frame. Text overlay reads “in restrooms.”
A magnetic tag shaped like a leaf holds a backpack up against a bathroom stall door. Text reads “In restrooms”

Viss, 22 days ago to random

hey i resemble that remark :D