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for real though, many of the cooks in Antarctica get away with the bare minimum: putting calories into bodies. Cree is one of the rare few who put real care and attention into the food she made for us.
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Grateful to be recognized alongside some outstanding photographers by The Explorer's Club. https://www.explorers.org/photo-contest-2026/
After fixing a mailing address snafu I finally received my Antarctic Service medal. It's one of the few DoD medals that civilians are eligible for. Pretty neat.
Qualifying for the medal itself only requires 10 days of service on continent. The "Wintered Over" bar takes a little bit longer to get...
Realizing I haven't updated the fediverse on my new gig: I started a few weeks ago in the Flight Safety & Mission Assurance group at Vast. We're vying to build the replacement to the International Space Station. It's really cool!
always easy to spot the engineers at the star trek event because they're the ones taking selfies with the warp core.
We recently completed rolling and welding of the first hull section of our first space station, Haven-1, which will launch in 2026.
crewed.
spaceflight.
hardware.
Made in the great state of California!
(📸 via Vast)
brushing up on space station acoustics design is much more enjoyable with a catalina express spicy bloody mary in hand.
harvest your dinner from oil rig support beams. you can just do things.
Super interesting paper cited here on the topic of space station cleanliness. It's not a matter of being "too dirty" or "too clean" - the variety and distribution of microbes on your station can have a huge impact on astronaut health.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/international-space-station-microbial
Do I have any followers who know folks in the polymer science field? My company is looking for a wicked smart individual who will make a big impact in human spaceflight!
@controlc@mstdn.ca they are indeed full time! they hire on as contractors with the companies that run the facility.