Brian Weeden
@brianweeden.bsky.social
Space policy wonk, former engineer, husband, father, Dungeon Master, and all around geek. I post things I find insightful, informative, or provocative
The staging orbit for ESCAPADE is an amazing piece of astro wizardry and also a perfect example of why Lagrange points are not actual points arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The staging orbit for ESCAPADE is an amazing piece of astro wizardry and also a perfect example of why Lagrange points are not actual points arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
Lemon-ginger Poached Halibut with soba noodles
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Lemon-ginger Poached Halibut with soba noodles
Grilled ribeye with fries, asparagus, and bearnasie sauce
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Grilled ribeye with fries, asparagus, and bearnasie sauce
Made Kenji's best chili ever, and it was indeed
October 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Made Kenji's best chili ever, and it was indeed
I big old pile of Korean chicken wings!
September 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I big old pile of Korean chicken wings!
Rack of lamb with lentils and spinach!
September 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Rack of lamb with lentils and spinach!
Gochujang buttered noodles
September 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Gochujang buttered noodles
Supreme pizza and Old Bay hot honey wings to celebrate the first NFL Sunday!
September 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Supreme pizza and Old Bay hot honey wings to celebrate the first NFL Sunday!
Beef satay, peanut sauce, and Korean bok choy (gochujang and doenjang seasoning)
August 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Beef satay, peanut sauce, and Korean bok choy (gochujang and doenjang seasoning)
Perfect fish for perfect end of summer - scallops, tomatillo guacamole, and corn and tomato salad. Paired with an amazing NZ sauv blanc 😍
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Perfect fish for perfect end of summer - scallops, tomatillo guacamole, and corn and tomato salad. Paired with an amazing NZ sauv blanc 😍
Roasted branzino with caper butter, steamed little necks, and Swiss chard
August 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Roasted branzino with caper butter, steamed little necks, and Swiss chard
Homemade fried chicken sandwiches! Thank
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Homemade fried chicken sandwiches! Thank
Well, Durok the Magnificent, you failed pro wrestler turned battlemaster, it was a good run
August 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Well, Durok the Magnificent, you failed pro wrestler turned battlemaster, it was a good run
Yeah, not going so well. Choices have consequences..
August 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yeah, not going so well. Choices have consequences..
Ghosts of Saltmarsh finale! What happens when you've released three lesser chaos gods who are set on bringing Tharizdum the ChIend One into the world? And we're only level 7!
August 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Ghosts of Saltmarsh finale! What happens when you've released three lesser chaos gods who are set on bringing Tharizdum the ChIend One into the world? And we're only level 7!
Steak au poivre with green beans amandine and roasted potatoes
July 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Steak au poivre with green beans amandine and roasted potatoes
What's old is new again - what was known as a "digitized scene-mapping area correlator" dates back to the late 1980s, albeit in much more expensive cruise missiles spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-kill...
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What's old is new again - what was known as a "digitized scene-mapping area correlator" dates back to the late 1980s, albeit in much more expensive cruise missiles spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-kill...
Really interesting conclusion from a new China Aerospace Studies Institute report on deterrence dynamics between the US and China in the space domain www.airuniversity.af.edu/CASI/Display...
June 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Really interesting conclusion from a new China Aerospace Studies Institute report on deterrence dynamics between the US and China in the space domain www.airuniversity.af.edu/CASI/Display...
Craziest game of Wingspan I've seen in a while
May 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Craziest game of Wingspan I've seen in a while
25 years ago today, the Clinton Administration announced the decision to turn off the deliberate error on civil GPS signals, which played a big role in the evolution of GPS to the ubiquitous global utility we have today: www.gps.gov/systems/gps/...
May 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
25 years ago today, the Clinton Administration announced the decision to turn off the deliberate error on civil GPS signals, which played a big role in the evolution of GPS to the ubiquitous global utility we have today: www.gps.gov/systems/gps/...
Really interesting RAND paper that shows how the Chinese defense community grossly overestimates U.S. govt use of Starlink for defense operations, and how that misperception is driving PLA thinking on space warfighting www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
March 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Really interesting RAND paper that shows how the Chinese defense community grossly overestimates U.S. govt use of Starlink for defense operations, and how that misperception is driving PLA thinking on space warfighting www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Steak au poivre, green beans amandine, and Kenji's roasted potatoes
March 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Steak au poivre, green beans amandine, and Kenji's roasted potatoes
Nearly 55 years ago, President Nixon was the first of several US Presidents to talk about Mars as a policy goal for human spaceflight https://buff.ly/4aw5jQz
January 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Nearly 55 years ago, President Nixon was the first of several US Presidents to talk about Mars as a policy goal for human spaceflight https://buff.ly/4aw5jQz