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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

Just wait till they have to pay for orbit debris mitigation - then the LEO case may not look so great!

Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

It's funny how everyone thinks this is about rockets - it's not. These 3 need govt defence space projects because they are losing money elsewhere across all their space projects so a European Space Defence initiative with a sole source Prime saves them. Expect OHB and BAE to disagree #highlander

Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

nice and creative!

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

I tried to spot it in 80x20 binds the other day and it was a bare smudge.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

Well it is true that Starship is so large that when docked to Gateway it is the Dog and not the Tail. The Gateway avionics may need to transfer control to Starship in this situation.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

TBH it has little to do with SpaceX and more to do with losing markets more generally. These companies have been "merging" for 30 years in a game of #Highlander but whether European Govts want just a single prime is debatable. Expect the likes of BAE and OHB to build upwards as alternatives.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 4h

So I got partly lucky with #CometLemmon. It dipped between houses and the weather was variable, so I only achieved 20 mins on the target - a pity since its tail structure deserved so much more time! Nicely green for #Halloween ! #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭 See you again in 1300 yrs 🤣

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 2d

True yes - we have usee the sky as entertainment for centuries past - every constellation tells a story if you care to read it. However today’s age want sound and motion… celestial fireworks with (probably) adverts 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 2d

I’m hoping for better nights to get a scope on it over here…

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 2d

Showed folks #comet #C/2025A6Lemmon through my 80x20 binos tonight (iphone eyepiece pic added) but some seemed more excited to see a string of satellites passing overhead. I do fear for our skies -a canvas for drive-thru entertainment and a “fast food” spectacle seems to be its future 😩 #astronomy 🔭

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 7d

This year's 60 min attempt at #Elephant'sTrunkNebula #IC1396 #LDN1105 #EAA #astro #astrophotography looks more like a wholly mammoth?! 🔭

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 7d

Whoops! Ghost Nebula details should read 60sx35 frames not 60sx345 frames but you all knew that right?!

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 7d

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 7d

Informative talk👇 -human spaceflight as a (US) civil religion vs science. However most tech advances claimed for human spaceflight -such as (yes) semiconductors, computing, and materials science -were primarily driven by defence, industrial, and satellite programs, not crewed missions. #spacepolicy

Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 9d

I really enjoyed talking to Nayeema Raza on her podcast, "Smart Girl, Dumb Questions". We discussed the civil religion of spaceflight, my "conversion" to space advocacy, and the current cuts facing NASA.

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Wasting BILLIONS on Space? Nope says this Science Geek

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 8d

Some spooky spectral treats on the run-up to #Halloween... As usual just quick total exposures - #WizardNebula (see a hint at the end) #GhostNebula (a bit more obvious?) and #Mirach'sGhost - an elliptical caught in the glare of Mirach #astronomy #EAA #astro #astrophotography #halloween woooo!!!

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 8d

And they still didn’t find anyone able to coherently offer a reason to go there except Autry and his usual “we just gotta beat China” shtick.🤦🏻‍♂️

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Rafael Mentges @mentges.bsky.social · 14d

Even better Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton 🙈☺️

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 15d

But… but… but i’ve just bought my “Aliens are coming” protection armour from the Internet? They assured me the world’s leading scientist had confirmed “they” are coming … 😱😜

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 15d

Great shot. Personally i have not had that much success with winjupos making an appreciable difference for the effort!

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 15d

It happens everywhere because no one values software delivered content. Same in music etc.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 15d

I guess my point is that misogyny was rife in physics across UK departments, i’m just not so sure it was at the Nobel selection team vs what they had on the table? I see cock-up vs conspiracy…

Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 15d

I did not say Bell-Burnell was absent from Physics, only that Bohr continued to develop and extend his Nobel area research to high levels as time progressed so that might have been a contributing factor in his award. I cannot comment on what contribution Bell-Burnell was then (not) allowed to make.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 16d

Yes but in his case he was co-creator of a key validation with a similar young researcher. The Nobel people may have concluded the relationship was not the same across the Pulsar team? It probably helped that Bohr went on to take his work further over the years preceding the award announcement?

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 16d

I understood it was common policy at the time to award to the team leaders who planned, designed and interpreted the research that led to discoveries. Indeed i believe other junior male researchers were also ignored over the years? Nobel changed that policy in the 80’s?

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 16d

The belief that return to the Moon would just happen with the “right strategy” is false. Space journalists never asked why return? and at what cost? There is no clear case outside TV fantasies. If China had not decided to have a crack, this debate would be over for Govts. Private sector or nothing.

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