Monday, September 07, 2026

In 2021, NASA grew Hatch chile peppers aboard the ISS for 137 days; four plants in the Advanced Plant Habitat yielded 26 peppers, and the stems holding flower to fruit grew straight instead of curved as they do on Earth
Lindsay Clancy and the inversion of feminism
Trump, Venezuelan Oil, and National Security
Space Odyssey: Risk, Rivalries, and the Next Giant Leap by former Senator and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson #CommissionEarned

This should be a fun read with some insider revelations.

Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
'We're not prepared!': How a Harvard professor thinks humanity's chaotic first contact would actually unfold
Rome’s Inequality Was Bad. But China’s Han Dynasty Was Even Worse
Russia’s Answer to Starlink Is Finally in Orbit but Its First Satellites Are Already Struggling