Frank Slazer
@spacebchbum.bsky.social
Retired space executive 🚀🛰️🪐🌎🌗 & Syracuse U 🍊alumnus supporting space exploration and seeking beautiful sunsets in Long Beach, CA 🇺🇸🇱🇹🏳️🌈
Woo Hoo!!
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in seven games to become the first repeat World Series winners in 25 years.
Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions behind Yamamoto's brilliance, Will Smith HR
The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in 11 innings in Game 7 to claim the World Series for the second straight year
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Woo Hoo!!
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Rocking my @SyracuseU orange in Coober Pedy in the beautiful South Australian Outback!
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Rocking my @SyracuseU orange in Coober Pedy in the beautiful South Australian Outback!
I’m always proud to rock my Syracuse University pride as I travel around the world - this time in Melbourne, Australia at the Royal Botanical Gardens!
September 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I’m always proud to rock my Syracuse University pride as I travel around the world - this time in Melbourne, Australia at the Royal Botanical Gardens!
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RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
Not a promising development for those hoping Congress will be able to restore NASA funding for science. This WH is committed to its spending priorities without regard to Congress.
Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms
Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms
August 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Not a promising development for those hoping Congress will be able to restore NASA funding for science. This WH is committed to its spending priorities without regard to Congress.
Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms
Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms
Nope - he could care less
Umm, message to Mr. Musk...remember this? Asking for a friend.
August 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Nope - he could care less
Who would have thought that video games would lead to our robot future!
Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth
Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth
August 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Who would have thought that video games would lead to our robot future!
Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth
Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth
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For the love of god can tech companies stop shoving AI down our throats. I don’t want your annoying AI overview Google, give me a button to turn it off
August 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
For the love of god can tech companies stop shoving AI down our throats. I don’t want your annoying AI overview Google, give me a button to turn it off
Mayor Richardson and Orbital OPS Schleuniger & COO Doherty did a convo: The vehicle will be built around the company’s proprietary 10,000lbs thrust engine. Astraeus delivers 10km/s of Delta-v, so the vehicle can be stationed in LEO & rapidly move to a target orbit when needed.
August 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Mayor Richardson and Orbital OPS Schleuniger & COO Doherty did a convo: The vehicle will be built around the company’s proprietary 10,000lbs thrust engine. Astraeus delivers 10km/s of Delta-v, so the vehicle can be stationed in LEO & rapidly move to a target orbit when needed.
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson announcing the latest company to call Space Beach its home - Orbital Ops!
Their initial product is:
“A high-thrust, cryogenic platform that can loiter on-orbit for years at a time, as a tool for interception and space domain awareness.”
Their initial product is:
“A high-thrust, cryogenic platform that can loiter on-orbit for years at a time, as a tool for interception and space domain awareness.”
August 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson announcing the latest company to call Space Beach its home - Orbital Ops!
Their initial product is:
“A high-thrust, cryogenic platform that can loiter on-orbit for years at a time, as a tool for interception and space domain awareness.”
Their initial product is:
“A high-thrust, cryogenic platform that can loiter on-orbit for years at a time, as a tool for interception and space domain awareness.”
Another example of how California is where the future begins!
labusinessjournal.com/special-repo...
labusinessjournal.com/special-repo...
Creating ‘Space Beach’ - Los Angeles Business Journal
Despite SpaceX decamping its longtime Southern California headquarters for Texas last year, the region remains an integral part of the national space
labusinessjournal.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Another example of how California is where the future begins!
labusinessjournal.com/special-repo...
labusinessjournal.com/special-repo...
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We stopped expanding the House in the 1920s, decided the Supreme Court should freeze in the 1930s, added the last states in the 1950s, amended the Constitution only once in the last fifty years.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
i really think the only reason we haven't created new states — which was a common political tactic in the 19th century, see nevada and the dakotas — is that 50 is a round number
August 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We stopped expanding the House in the 1920s, decided the Supreme Court should freeze in the 1930s, added the last states in the 1950s, amended the Constitution only once in the last fifty years.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
August 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
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Via #TimesOfIndia Musk Announces Starship Flight To Mars with Optimus Robot Crew. (Me: Elon, just stop with the nonsense. As A US Taxpayer, concentrate on the Artemis human lunar landing system, like we are paying you to do.) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/elon...
Elon Musk has made an announcement: ‘Starship flight to Mars crewed by Optimus in Nov/Dec next year’ | - The Times of India
Science News: Elon Musk has adjusted SpaceX's Mars mission timeline, pushing back the potential Starship launch to 2028 for an uncrewed flight and 2030 for a crewed
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Via #TimesOfIndia Musk Announces Starship Flight To Mars with Optimus Robot Crew. (Me: Elon, just stop with the nonsense. As A US Taxpayer, concentrate on the Artemis human lunar landing system, like we are paying you to do.) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/elon...
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I’m watching a live stream
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m watching a live stream
This is why Artemis survives - it’s positive impact on local communities:
We are heartened by these developments and what they mean, not just for America's forays into the final frontier, but for us close to home.
www-nola-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nola...
We are heartened by these developments and what they mean, not just for America's forays into the final frontier, but for us close to home.
www-nola-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nola...
Editorial: Space program funding is good news for Louisiana and Gulf Coast
Editorial: Space program funding is good news for LA and Gulf Coast
www-nola-com.cdn.ampproject.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is why Artemis survives - it’s positive impact on local communities:
We are heartened by these developments and what they mean, not just for America's forays into the final frontier, but for us close to home.
www-nola-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nola...
We are heartened by these developments and what they mean, not just for America's forays into the final frontier, but for us close to home.
www-nola-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nola...
2030 is a stretch goal that’s probably too ambitious. But aiming for 2030 will hopefully be matched by an accelerated lunar base plan - but none of this happens without more $ NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/s...
NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
2030 is a stretch goal that’s probably too ambitious. But aiming for 2030 will hopefully be matched by an accelerated lunar base plan - but none of this happens without more $ NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/s...
Absolutely insane.
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Absolutely insane.
Dead & Co with Billy Strings - San Francisco Golden Gate Park
August 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Dead & Co with Billy Strings - San Francisco Golden Gate Park
Who knew the background on this silly “test” was so contentious?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Who knew the background on this silly “test” was so contentious?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM