Frank Slazer
@spacebchbum.bsky.social
Retired space executive 🚀🛰️🪐🌎🌗 & Syracuse U 🍊alumnus supporting space exploration and seeking beautiful sunsets in Long Beach, CA 🇺🇸🇱🇹🏳️🌈
Sounds like a Slow Horses plot! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/w...
5 Men Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism Near RAF Fairford, Air Base Used by U.S. in Iran War (Gift Article)
British counterterrorism police said the men were arrested after three suspicious vehicles appeared to be traveling toward R.A.F. Fairford early on Sunday.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Sounds like a Slow Horses plot! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/w...
It’s always great to be back @SyracuseU !🍊 This time for tge inauguration of the 13th Chancellor, J Michael Haynie!
September 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It’s always great to be back @SyracuseU !🍊 This time for tge inauguration of the 13th Chancellor, J Michael Haynie!
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Hopping into Monday..
Kangaroos on the sea at sunrise.
Australia
📹 jeroen.fritz on IG
Kangaroos on the sea at sunrise.
Australia
📹 jeroen.fritz on IG
August 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Hopping into Monday..
Kangaroos on the sea at sunrise.
Australia
📹 jeroen.fritz on IG
Kangaroos on the sea at sunrise.
Australia
📹 jeroen.fritz on IG
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Deadline extended! Students - there's still time to enter our TWO upcoming Student Poster Contests:
Glenn Space Technology Symposium
📍 Cleveland, OH
📅 Sept. 15–16
Now Due: Aug. 7
von Braun Space Exploration Symposium
📍 Huntsville, AL
📅 Oct. 26–28
Due: Sept. 18
Submit - Link in bio!
Glenn Space Technology Symposium
📍 Cleveland, OH
📅 Sept. 15–16
Now Due: Aug. 7
von Braun Space Exploration Symposium
📍 Huntsville, AL
📅 Oct. 26–28
Due: Sept. 18
Submit - Link in bio!
July 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Deadline extended! Students - there's still time to enter our TWO upcoming Student Poster Contests:
Glenn Space Technology Symposium
📍 Cleveland, OH
📅 Sept. 15–16
Now Due: Aug. 7
von Braun Space Exploration Symposium
📍 Huntsville, AL
📅 Oct. 26–28
Due: Sept. 18
Submit - Link in bio!
Glenn Space Technology Symposium
📍 Cleveland, OH
📅 Sept. 15–16
Now Due: Aug. 7
von Braun Space Exploration Symposium
📍 Huntsville, AL
📅 Oct. 26–28
Due: Sept. 18
Submit - Link in bio!
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One of my favorite movies against the backdrop of the Apollo program. Thank you, Sam Neill.
RIP Sam Neill. A true Aussie (and Kiwi) icon.
I’d imagine it’s lesser known to an international audience, but The Dish remains one of my favourite films of all time (despite it taking enormous liberties with the history it’s based on).
I’d imagine it’s lesser known to an international audience, but The Dish remains one of my favourite films of all time (despite it taking enormous liberties with the history it’s based on).
July 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
One of my favorite movies against the backdrop of the Apollo program. Thank you, Sam Neill.
It was a beautiful night on the beach celebrating Independence Day in Long Beach!
July 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
It was a beautiful night on the beach celebrating Independence Day in Long Beach!
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For those who wish to watch and listen, here is the link for he lunar base update briefing starting at 2:30 PM EDT www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTB...
NASA Moon Base Update (June 30, 2026)
YouTube video by NASA
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
For those who wish to watch and listen, here is the link for he lunar base update briefing starting at 2:30 PM EDT www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTB...
For anyone thinking about attending the International Astronautical Congress this fall in Turkey - you have more time to register at Early Bird rates!
June 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
For anyone thinking about attending the International Astronautical Congress this fall in Turkey - you have more time to register at Early Bird rates!
Flying back to LA last night, the warehouses in the inland empire are starting to look like circuit boards at night!
June 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Flying back to LA last night, the warehouses in the inland empire are starting to look like circuit boards at night!
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Vive la France! #SlavaUkraini
❗️A 🇺🇦Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, using the 🇫🇷French guided aerial bomb AASM Hammer, destroys a 🇷🇺Russian base in Oleshky, Kherson region
June 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Vive la France! #SlavaUkraini
Insightful analysis; the biggest rocket failure story of the week wasn't necessarily New Glenn!
"...Starship V3 5.8 times more expensive per kg to LEO than a rocket (F9) that has been in operation for nearly a decade.
Was Starship Launch 12 A Success? open.substack.com/pub/planetea...
"...Starship V3 5.8 times more expensive per kg to LEO than a rocket (F9) that has been in operation for nearly a decade.
Was Starship Launch 12 A Success? open.substack.com/pub/planetea...
Was Starship Launch 12 A Success?
Not really, no.
open.substack.com
May 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Insightful analysis; the biggest rocket failure story of the week wasn't necessarily New Glenn!
"...Starship V3 5.8 times more expensive per kg to LEO than a rocket (F9) that has been in operation for nearly a decade.
Was Starship Launch 12 A Success? open.substack.com/pub/planetea...
"...Starship V3 5.8 times more expensive per kg to LEO than a rocket (F9) that has been in operation for nearly a decade.
Was Starship Launch 12 A Success? open.substack.com/pub/planetea...
It’s great to see the House CJS Appropriations Subcommittee continue its strong support for NASA - both for Artemis and space science programs! Let’s hope the Senate follows through too!
🧵 Here is the House Commerce, Justice, and Science Spending Bill for various Government agencies, including NASA. As predicted, the House Committee is recommending a $24,438,336,000 budget for the space agency, with many programs the Trump Administration wanted to cancel, fully funded. 1/
May 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It’s great to see the House CJS Appropriations Subcommittee continue its strong support for NASA - both for Artemis and space science programs! Let’s hope the Senate follows through too!
Spot on!
I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Opinion | I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Spot on!
I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
After attending a Japanese baseball game in Tokyo, I became convinced that, to paraphrase Churchill, we really are two peoples united by a love of baseball!⚾️🇯🇵🇺🇸⛩️🌭 Now if only the US teams would adopt their beer distribution system!
May 1, 2026 at 2:02 AM
After attending a Japanese baseball game in Tokyo, I became convinced that, to paraphrase Churchill, we really are two peoples united by a love of baseball!⚾️🇯🇵🇺🇸⛩️🌭 Now if only the US teams would adopt their beer distribution system!
Always proud to rock my SU Orange pride wherever I go - Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo!
April 29, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Always proud to rock my SU Orange pride wherever I go - Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo!
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Can you wear white after Labor Day if your destination is Earth orbit? Vast, a company working to launch the first commercial space station, seems to think so with the reveal of its astronaut flight suit.
Frontier fashion: Vast reveals flight suit, tests timepiece for commercial space station
After 25 years of U.S. astronauts wearing off-the-rack clothes while in Earth orbit, a company working to launch the world's first commercial space station has adopted a custom approach to its crew at...
www.collectspace.com
April 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Can you wear white after Labor Day if your destination is Earth orbit? Vast, a company working to launch the first commercial space station, seems to think so with the reveal of its astronaut flight suit.
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Himalayas as seen from Space 🌍 🛰
April 22, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Himalayas as seen from Space 🌍 🛰
Yes, going to the moon will cost billions - but the public agrees - is worth it! “…only 3.1% of respondents expressed concerns over the cost of the Artemis program.”
x.com/cosmic_pengu...
x.com/cosmic_pengu...
x.com
April 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Yes, going to the moon will cost billions - but the public agrees - is worth it! “…only 3.1% of respondents expressed concerns over the cost of the Artemis program.”
x.com/cosmic_pengu...
x.com/cosmic_pengu...
Excellent question!!!
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
April 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Excellent question!!!
A disturbing article - between anti depressants, short form video and, increasingly, AI, young people are becoming increasingly complacent and losing executive function.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
Opinion | Why Is No Kings So Old?
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
A disturbing article - between anti depressants, short form video and, increasingly, AI, young people are becoming increasingly complacent and losing executive function.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
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For many astronauts, what begins as a scientific endeavor becomes something spiritual. “When I was in space, for the first time in my life, I was outside the frame of the masterpiece looking in,” said Ron Garan, who spent time on the International Space Station in 2011. “That changes everything.”
Another Giant Leap Reminds Us How Small We Are
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
For many astronauts, what begins as a scientific endeavor becomes something spiritual. “When I was in space, for the first time in my life, I was outside the frame of the masterpiece looking in,” said Ron Garan, who spent time on the International Space Station in 2011. “That changes everything.”
Totally agree!
Just got back home and this is the fourth time I’ve seen Springsteen but there are so few live performers that are on his level
It’s an absolutely epic event
Like the church of the American dream
Songs of loss and self destruction and longing and loneliness and heartbreak that somehow feel hopeful
It’s an absolutely epic event
Like the church of the American dream
Songs of loss and self destruction and longing and loneliness and heartbreak that somehow feel hopeful
April 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Totally agree!
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okay i change my mind, THIS is one of the best and most beautiful images from artemis ii
April 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
okay i change my mind, THIS is one of the best and most beautiful images from artemis ii
Sorry California haters - yeah we lost some people (partly due to immigration being low due to the Administration’s efforts). But California continues to grow and expand its economic lead over other states and nations. You hate us but we’re obviously doing something right!
April 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Sorry California haters - yeah we lost some people (partly due to immigration being low due to the Administration’s efforts). But California continues to grow and expand its economic lead over other states and nations. You hate us but we’re obviously doing something right!