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Jason Hutt

@jthutt.bsky.social

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NASA Human Spaceflight for 25+ years, currently Orion Program Systems Engineering & Integration manager. Displaced Philadelphian. Go Birds! Amateur National Park photographer. Occasional science fiction writer. Go then. There are other worlds than these.

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Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 16h

Coming soon to a Vehicle Assembly Building near you.

Me in front of an almost completely assembled Orion spacecraft.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 1d

The next thing that goes through my head is AJR’s line “it’s 3am, I should be sleeping.”

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 1d

Been getting up at 0300 all weekend for my shift. Whenever I think about it, all I hear is Robin Williams. What’s the O stand for? Oh my god, it’s early.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 1d

Someday when I write down the story of how I supported Artemis II, the weirdest part may be digging through the collection bin of the facility vacuum, trying to find a tiny lost clamp. It wasn’t there. Found a dead frog though.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know, that’s something both sides might agree on.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 4d

They stacked up for a pretty hairy run and a whole lot of coming up with workarounds. Now I’m in Florida ready to go in at 5am for final LASF processing.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 4d

Worked 2nd shift on another Artemis II sim last night. We had 1 Phillies level failure - momentarily lost power to half the spacecraft, 1 Eagles level failure where we were at risk of tumbling into oblivion, and 1 Flyers level failure of a more innocuous loss of communication

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 4d

Last weekend, we were sitting across from the banners at the Linc. I pointed out that from 1950 - 2000 they hung 3 banners total. The Flyers last won a cup when I was 1. Beyond the heartbreak of ‘93, the Phillies were a wasteland when I was old enough to care. I’ll take relevance any day.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 6d

Best Garfield in about 30 years.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 7d

This is new

Recently installed wall decal that shows Artemis II is 17 weeks from launch.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 11d

I think the thing I might be most excited about is getting to boo Kevin Patullo in person, rather than from my living room.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 11d

Today my boss caught me in the hall & asked where I was headed for the weekend. Then told a story about how he attended a Phillies game & was shocked by how much the fans booed their own team when the pitcher had a rough 2nd inning. Of course, I said, they gotta know when they need to do better.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 11d

Yes. Nose bleeds, where I belong.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to return to the motherland for a weekend and heckle out of towners

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 11d

Not sure I can look as good as Snoopy at this age.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 14d

If anyone’s wondering, Artemis II and III work will continue apace.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 15d

Catching up on season 3 of Apple’s Invasion. Continues to be a pioneer in the genre of alien invasion shows that do not feature aliens. The best thing about this show is the title theme.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 15d

Mine

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 16d

Another Rocky Mountain National Park shot for this #stunday. Group of elk lounging about with Long’s Peak in the distance. This caused a major elk jam on Trail Ridge Road that day.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 16d

Birds win! #firepatullo

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 17d

My oldest went to a play in London for which she made the promo art, my middle daughter marched with the Eno River rugby team in a pride parade in NC, and my youngest went to Homecoming with her best friends. The kids are alright.

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19d

I drove for over 24 hours straight to go less than 300 miles with a 9 month old baby in the car. It was awful and changed how/when we would decide to evacuate from a hurricane.

Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 19d

90 of 111 fatalities from Hurricane Rita happened due to the evacuation. 20 years later, would we do any better?

@sarava.net shouting out the value of much improved track forecasts

🎁 link:

20 years after Rita’s gridlock nightmare, is Houston ready to evacuate again?

Stalled and overheated cars, endless gridlock and nearly 100 deaths. The deadly Hurricane Rita evacuation is still etched in the memories of many Houstonians 20 years later.

www.houstonchronicle.com

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 19d

Good overview of the mission and the challenges the team has/is working with a good summary of the heat shield issues the team worked through.

Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 19d

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first:

www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

NASA's Artemis II ushers in a new era of human exploration

NASA's Artemis II mission could happen as early as February. Here's why this flight will be one to watch.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Reposted by Jason Hutt

Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 19d

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first:

www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

NASA's Artemis II ushers in a new era of human exploration

NASA's Artemis II mission could happen as early as February. Here's why this flight will be one to watch.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Jason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 23d