David Hitt
@homesteading.space
Author. Engineer. Husband. Dad. Other stuff.
The 6-year-old and I are reading the Catstronauts book series, and came across this lovely looking rocket. I love seeing Artemis-inspired images pop up in pop culture, and I'm a little jealous of a generation that's going to grow up thinking Moon landings are just a normal thing.
August 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The 6-year-old and I are reading the Catstronauts book series, and came across this lovely looking rocket. I love seeing Artemis-inspired images pop up in pop culture, and I'm a little jealous of a generation that's going to grow up thinking Moon landings are just a normal thing.
Today marks the 207th birthday of Herman Melville, the man who brought us both #Starbucks and the best parts of The Wrath of Khan. #OTD
August 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Today marks the 207th birthday of Herman Melville, the man who brought us both #Starbucks and the best parts of The Wrath of Khan. #OTD
I'd like to think I know Rebecca's story about as well as anyone, and, even so, reading this article about her in Voyage Alabama, I was struck by how amazing she is. I'm honored to have this incredible woman – and Alabama hidden gem – as my wife! voyagealabama.com/interview/hi...
Hidden Gems: Meet Rebecca Hitt of Rocket City Mom
Today we’d like to introduce you to Rebecca Hitt. Rebecca, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?I graduated from Auburn University with a de...
voyagealabama.com
July 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I'd like to think I know Rebecca's story about as well as anyone, and, even so, reading this article about her in Voyage Alabama, I was struck by how amazing she is. I'm honored to have this incredible woman – and Alabama hidden gem – as my wife! voyagealabama.com/interview/hi...
We had a great time tonight at the inaugural Rocket City Space Fest, featuring the state's largest drone show. It was a thrill to see Big Spring Park packed out with locals celebrating Huntsville's contributions to the first Moon landing ... and to the next one!
July 21, 2026 at 2:45 AM
We had a great time tonight at the inaugural Rocket City Space Fest, featuring the state's largest drone show. It was a thrill to see Big Spring Park packed out with locals celebrating Huntsville's contributions to the first Moon landing ... and to the next one!
Imma let you finish, but the Coen Brothers had the best Odyssey film adaptation of all time.
July 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Imma let you finish, but the Coen Brothers had the best Odyssey film adaptation of all time.
Happy 250th Independence Day!
July 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Happy 250th Independence Day!
Hey! My LiveJournal turned 20 today! Not entirely sure how to celebrate that adequately.
June 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Hey! My LiveJournal turned 20 today! Not entirely sure how to celebrate that adequately.
Similiarly, the first mission to Venus will be all about Almond Joy. youtube.com/watch?v=vhp2...
June 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Similiarly, the first mission to Venus will be all about Almond Joy. youtube.com/watch?v=vhp2...
I was excited to see my team featured in the SLS Program's Artemis II post-flight summary (pp 11-12). We were, literally, a small part of a giant effort, but had the privilege of being part of worldwide contributions by incredible international teams. www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...
www.nasa.gov
June 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I was excited to see my team featured in the SLS Program's Artemis II post-flight summary (pp 11-12). We were, literally, a small part of a giant effort, but had the privilege of being part of worldwide contributions by incredible international teams. www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...
Reposted by David Hitt
Organizations interested in launching cubesats on any of the next three Artemis missions have until Monday, June 1, to reply to this RFI: sam.gov/workspace/co...
NASA press release: www.nasa.gov/missions/art...
NASA press release: www.nasa.gov/missions/art...
NASA Seeks Interest for Artemis Mission CubeSats - NASA
Organizations interested in launching CubeSats on future Artemis missions should respond to NASA’s request for information (RFI) by Monday, June 1, for
www.nasa.gov
May 21, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Organizations interested in launching cubesats on any of the next three Artemis missions have until Monday, June 1, to reply to this RFI: sam.gov/workspace/co...
NASA press release: www.nasa.gov/missions/art...
NASA press release: www.nasa.gov/missions/art...
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
— TS Eliot
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
— TS Eliot
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 AM
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
— TS Eliot
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
— TS Eliot
Trying to figure out what to do with all your leftover Christmas money? Pop over to @univnebpress.bsky.social's end of year sale through tomorrow and buy my books (or others) for half-price. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/holiday-sale...
Holiday Sale - University of Nebraska Press
Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! For the rest of the year, until December 31, 2025, our entire catalog is available for 50% OFF.
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trying to figure out what to do with all your leftover Christmas money? Pop over to @univnebpress.bsky.social's end of year sale through tomorrow and buy my books (or others) for half-price. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/holiday-sale...
Three years ago was the night potential became visceral. The night years of toil permeated my bones through a roar that was less a sound than a force. www.linkedin.com/posts/wdavid...
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Three years ago was the night potential became visceral. The night years of toil permeated my bones through a roar that was less a sound than a force. www.linkedin.com/posts/wdavid...
ISS at 25: The Amazing Thing Is It's Not Amazing www.linkedin.com/posts/wdavid...
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ISS at 25: The Amazing Thing Is It's Not Amazing www.linkedin.com/posts/wdavid...
Make a movie better by adding one letter ... and a punctuation mark and a Roman numeral. (Having watched both Tron Ares and Ares I-X, they were both pretty enjoyable.)
October 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Make a movie better by adding one letter ... and a punctuation mark and a Roman numeral. (Having watched both Tron Ares and Ares I-X, they were both pretty enjoyable.)
Get your Christmas shopping done early. Both of my books (and lots of others) are half-price at @univnebpress.bsky.social through the end of October. Use code 6BB25 here: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/search-resul...
October 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Get your Christmas shopping done early. Both of my books (and lots of others) are half-price at @univnebpress.bsky.social through the end of October. Use code 6BB25 here: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/search-resul...
When McDonald’s brings Monopoly back and your rocket is on the bag…
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When McDonald’s brings Monopoly back and your rocket is on the bag…
Fly your name around the Moon on Artemis II!
Your name may not appear on the mission patch, but here is the next best thing: you can add yourself to the roster launching with Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen to the moon.
NASA wants to fly your name to the moon with Artemis II astronauts
You can now add yourself to the next crew to launch to the moon. As part of the preparations leading up to the Artemis II mission next year, NASA is inviting the public to join the flight's four astro...
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September 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Fly your name around the Moon on Artemis II!
Randomly discovered today my contract has the domain yeswearerocketscientists.com, which I gotta say is rather cool.
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Randomly discovered today my contract has the domain yeswearerocketscientists.com, which I gotta say is rather cool.
I've seen a lot of beautiful tributes in the last few days on the loss of Jim Lovell as an astronaut, explorer, hero, and space ambassador, but no one's talking about the loss of a brilliant McDonalds training advocate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLm3...
McDonald's Employee Training Video - Countdown to Profitability! (1982)
YouTube video by Consumer Time Capsule
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August 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I've seen a lot of beautiful tributes in the last few days on the loss of Jim Lovell as an astronaut, explorer, hero, and space ambassador, but no one's talking about the loss of a brilliant McDonalds training advocate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLm3...
TIL the first webpage is still online: info.cern.ch/hypertext/WW...
The World Wide Web project
info.cern.ch
August 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
TIL the first webpage is still online: info.cern.ch/hypertext/WW...
The latest @univnebpress.bsky.social #OutwardOdyssey book is now available for pre-order – and on sale! Pick up Born to explore for half price using code 6SUMM25 by 7/31: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Born to Explore - Nebraska Press
Once, there were giants in the heavens: billion-dollar machines of wonder and science that flew to the outermost planets and told us what secrets had been ly...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
July 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The latest @univnebpress.bsky.social #OutwardOdyssey book is now available for pre-order – and on sale! Pick up Born to explore for half price using code 6SUMM25 by 7/31: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Randomly recalled today that @NASA commissioned a song in 2003 to celebrate the centennial of the Wright Brothers' first flight, and it contained this line:
"Imagination, and amazing Grace, bring us closer to our home in space."
Prophetic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmO...
"Imagination, and amazing Grace, bring us closer to our home in space."
Prophetic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmO...
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Randomly recalled today that @NASA commissioned a song in 2003 to celebrate the centennial of the Wright Brothers' first flight, and it contained this line:
"Imagination, and amazing Grace, bring us closer to our home in space."
Prophetic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmO...
"Imagination, and amazing Grace, bring us closer to our home in space."
Prophetic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmO...
Summer is time for summer reading, and my publisher is running a HALF-PRICE summer sale on their catalog, including the #OutwardOdyssey series on space history that includes my books. Use code 6SUMM25 at checkout. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/search-resul...
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Summer is time for summer reading, and my publisher is running a HALF-PRICE summer sale on their catalog, including the #OutwardOdyssey series on space history that includes my books. Use code 6SUMM25 at checkout. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/search-resul...