<![CDATA[So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft.]]>So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the spacecraft. I set my retirement date in the hope that the 2 mission, Orion’s first crewed flight, would have completed by then but Feb launch was delayed and by “cosmic coincidence” Artemis 2 finally launched yesterday - my final day. Very proud of all my colleagues and all the hard work we’ve done to get to this point. Onward to the - and beyond. Ad astra.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/bdc8cf5c-41e4-4b12-b2d0-b0a5271dc531/so-as-of-yesterday-i-am-retired-had-a-37-year-career-working-in-nasa-human-spaceflight-space-shuttle-and-then-the-orion-spacecraft.RSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 09:36:31 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 14:45:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:53:50 GMT]]>@Trilobyter Congratulations, and thank you for your service! 🫡

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/digitalrodent/statuses/116337097451047935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/digitalrodent/statuses/116337097451047935Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:53:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:34:31 GMT]]>@Trilobyter Congratulazioni!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/fracicone/statuses/116337021525636689https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/fracicone/statuses/116337021525636689Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:34:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:27:56 GMT]]>@Trilobyter
Congratulations on your retirement.🎉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://a2mi.social/users/Callalily/statuses/116336995609624020https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://a2mi.social/users/Callalily/statuses/116336995609624020Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:27:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:26:37 GMT]]>@Trilobyter congrats on your multiple milestones.

Or as my three-year-old nephew said, "Happy Gradulations!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/morgan/statuses/116336990480731918https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/morgan/statuses/116336990480731918Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:26:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:26:11 GMT]]>@Trilobyter

Congratulations and THANK YOU.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://saint-paul.us/ap/users/115736849857800684/statuses/116336988737808007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://saint-paul.us/ap/users/115736849857800684/statuses/116336988737808007Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:23:35 GMT]]>@Trilobyter
Congrats

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pitd/statuses/116336978554534381https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pitd/statuses/116336978554534381Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:23:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:13:28 GMT]]>@Trilobyter @Joy_intl Congrats to you focusing on that honey-do list!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/FeloniousPunk/statuses/116336938728651229https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/FeloniousPunk/statuses/116336938728651229Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:13:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:10:34 GMT]]>@Trilobyter Congratulations! Quite the send-off! ☺️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116336927357104402https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116336927357104402Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:10:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:42:33 GMT]]>@TMRuppert thanks!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336581267863224https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336581267863224Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:42:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:40:15 GMT]]>@Trilobyter
Congratulations! And thank you for your decades of service. 🥂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/TMRuppert/statuses/116336572178566764https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/TMRuppert/statuses/116336572178566764Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:40:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:28:19 GMT]]>@Trilobyter Thank you for making NASA a better place!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115930959045427278/statuses/116336525247358345https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115930959045427278/statuses/116336525247358345Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:16:38 GMT]]>@Trilobyter

Congratulation from Bremen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/cloudless_sky/statuses/116336479321790393https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/cloudless_sky/statuses/116336479321790393Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:16:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:13:12 GMT]]>@Trilobyter Congratulations.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RonSupportsYou/statuses/116336465852668017https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RonSupportsYou/statuses/116336465852668017Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:13:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:03:47 GMT]]>@greenhombre One other new system being tested on Orion during this mission is an optical communications system, a high bandwidth laser-based comm link between Orion and the earth that, if it works, may provide live (or playback) hi-def video of scenes like the moon & even possibly an “earth rise”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336428788923526https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336428788923526Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:03:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:58 GMT]]>@greenhombre This is a test flight of the Artemis system, including the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft that I worked on. With that there are many Orion systems being flown for the very first time, such as the internal environment control and life support systems, audio communications, manual control systems, etc. It is an ambitious test flight and an essential step toward proving the spacecraft and preparing for later lunar landing missions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336417760304660https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336417760304660Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:50:35 GMT]]>@Trilobyter
What's the point of a flyby in 2026? Hopefully a badass 10K version of EarthRise will come out of it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/greenhombre/statuses/116336376891486448https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/greenhombre/statuses/116336376891486448Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:47:45 GMT]]>@greenhombre a valid question to ask, but of course my response is biased. My answer is we don’t even know what we don’t know about the moon. We’ve barely spent any time on or covered but the merest square meters of the surface, by humans or by robots. That’s the point of return & exploration, to advance scientific knowledge & discovery. And we have many ideas, but till we actually do it, we don’t know how to build & sustain outposts on other bodies in our solar system. Moon is where we begin.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336365732033989https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336365732033989Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:47:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:28:17 GMT]]>@8ofpentacles thanks!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336289200633793https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336289200633793Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:28:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:26:40 GMT]]>@Trilobyter This is SO cool, congratulations!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://posts.ashleymcquaid.com/users/8ofpentacles/statuses/116336282845656339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://posts.ashleymcquaid.com/users/8ofpentacles/statuses/116336282845656339Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:26:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:24:11 GMT]]>@Trilobyter
Can I ask a dumb question.
What don't we know about the moon already? Why was this mission created?

PS. Congrats on retirement. Please volunteer at schools to get kids excited about science.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/greenhombre/statuses/116336273098751729https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/greenhombre/statuses/116336273098751729Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:24:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:08:25 GMT]]>@Trilobyter @lisamelton Congratulations and thank you

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Html_Entities/statuses/116336211070183257https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Html_Entities/statuses/116336211070183257Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:59:27 GMT]]>@Nonya_Bidniss thanks! & hope you are enjoying a well deserved retirement after your years of service. In my case all my work for NASA spaceflight was as a contractor employee, but my father was NASA civil service, he started there near the beginning of Apollo in the early 60’s. So between the two of us my family has had a combined 64 continuous years supporting NASA, Apollo->Space Shuttle->Orion
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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336175869544607https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Trilobyter/statuses/116336175869544607Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:59:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:49:02 GMT]]>@Trilobyter per aspera

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/trrektor/statuses/116336134868164583https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/trrektor/statuses/116336134868164583Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:49:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So as of yesterday I am retired, had a 37+ year career working in #NASA human spaceflight, Space Shuttle and then the #Orion spacecraft. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:48:34 GMT]]>@Trilobyter Congratulations from another retired civil servant. Thank you for your service!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/116336133037022164https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/116336133037022164Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:48:34 GMT