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Welcome to the least productive week in American history - we figured we might as well take the time to launch a newsletter while we’re busy hitting refresh.
And by “newsletter”, we mean “a collection of things that we clicked on instead of working and subsequently found interesting.” Think of it as your DoD/IC/Space Covid-19 group messaging chat, minus the memes. For now.
Russian Space Robot flame wars are a thing now. Sadly, this is also the most normal thing happening on Twitter
I honestly read the instrument acronym here as TAGASM and I though that the boys and girls at NASA finally grew an infantile sense of humor.
https://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-osiris-rex-spacecraft-touches-down-on-asteroid-bennu/
That’s a big Twinkie.
https://about.bgov.com/news/fiscal-2020-civilian-contracting-hits-record-228-billion/
SpOC (Spock)? Really? C’mon Space Force, you’re better than that.
I stand corrected. I present to you the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS). Someone call Ponch and Jon.
With a name like SKYBORG, there is no way this could possibly go wrong.
AR working dog goggles. DOGGLES.
https://www.slashgear.com/us-army-dogs-get-ar-goggle-prototype-for-safer-scouting-missions-07641482/
Capability Gaps, like jelly donuts, are for filling.
Don’t pay any attention to me over here. Just dropping by the side door to pick up my $23 billion dollars.
Sure. What could go wrong? Not much runs on semiconductors these days.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-fewer-chips-say-made-in-the-u-s-a-11604411810
-JQP
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