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NASA Names Clayton P. Turner as Space Technology Mission Directorate Leader

NASA has appointed Clayton P. Turner as the associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), effective immediately. Turner, who has been serving as the acting associate administrator since July, will continue to oversee the development and demonstration of critical space technologies aimed at advancing future missions and maintaining American leadership in…

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Still marvelling at Eric's plan in STMD even though I've watched it maybe more than a dozen times.

Scott sent his parents to the farm, so Denkins killed them.

If he didn't send his parents and he went to the farm himself, Denkins would have shot him instead.

If Denkins didn't shoot him, the pony would castrate him.

At the Chili Con Carnival, he told Eric that he wanted them to taste each other's chili first. So Eric fed him the chili and made him eat his parents.

If he accepted Eric's invitation to go see the pony, again, it would have probably castrated him, and then Eric would still presumably make him eat the chili.

That boy had no way out.

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it's halthy for acadmics to hav profssional fuds. nrichmnt activity

it's healthy for academics to have professional feuds. enrichment activity

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NASA Invites Stakeholders to STMDs LIFT-1 Industry Forum

NASA is hosting a virtual industry forum on Nov. 13, 2023, to introduce the agency’s Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1) demonstration Request for Information (RFI). At this event, representatives of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) will discuss the relevant Moon-to-Mars Objectives, STMD Envisioned Future Priorities (EFPs), and will answer questions from potential respondents interested in the RFI. […] from NASA https://ift.tt/KnGtSlO

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Cast members for what?

I was already wondering what was going on when I saw a reel of Rang and Benjamin together. Now soon what?

And oop. So Both Benjamin and Dome left STMD Thailand. BUT THAT'S MR MOTIVE VILLAGE GUY. WHY GO BACK TO HIM????????????????

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Something as food for thought- I bring this up as I saw some of your criticism of wings of fire and want to through my two cents though TW for mention of Hitler and Nazi's and stuff and his parallel's which Darkstalker.

Anyways. Yeah. Hitler and Darkstalker have similarish 'backstories' and I NEVER seen this get talked about when people criticise Darkstalker and call him basically Dragon Hitler.

The backstory is father is X, and apparently abusive towards mother, ergo son declares everyone who is X to be bad and tries to kill them, killing those who stmd in his way and disagree with him either. For Darkstalker it's well Icewings but for Hitler is Jewish people. And both tried to make an all power military.

It kinda makes me uncomfortable how people try and woobify him and excuse his actions when he literally THE wof equivalent of Hitler. Yeah I like him as a villain but like, he was literally using mind control/brain washing to get every dragon to like him so they wouldn't try and protest against him, experimenting on dragons using his powers to make super soldiers and recreate his gf, and like other stuff. That I'm pretty sure also Hitler tried to do or do something similar to at one point.

Like guys he's irredeemable he's literally wizard dragon Hitler.

If I'm being honest I'm not comfortable comparing a fictional dragon villain to a real actual genocidal facist that caused the death of millions and whose influence is STILL prevalent today. This is weird and steps over the line. End of story.

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Credit: NASA New space technology ideas emerge every day from innovators across the country, and NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on Monday selected more than 100 projects for funding. This program offers small businesses in the United States early-stage funding and support to advance the agency’s goals of exploring the unknown in air and space while returning benefits to Earth. Specifically, NASA’s SBIR program awarded $93.5 million in Phase II contracts to bring 107 new ideas to life from 95 selected small businesses. Of these businesses, nearly 80% have less than 50 employees, and 21% are receiving their first Phase II award, valued at up to $850,000 each. Each small business was also eligible to apply for up to $50,000 in Technical and Business Assistance program funding to help find new market opportunities and shape their commercialization roadmap. “We are thrilled to support this diverse set of companies as they work diligently to bring their technologies to market,” said Jenn Gustetic, director of Early Stage Innovation and Partnerships with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. “Inclusive innovation is integral to mission success at NASA, and we’re excited to see that 29% of the awardees are from underrepresented groups, including 11% women-owned businesses.” In Phase II, awardees will build on their success from the program’s first phase to bring their technologies closer to real-world use. The companies have 24 months to execute their plans, which focus on their technologies’ path to commercialization. For example, NASA selected women-owned and first-time NASA Phase II awardee nou Systems, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama, for its genetic testing instrument. While portable genetic sequencing already exists, field sequencing – that would allow DNA analysis anywhere on Earth or off planet – remains unfeasible as the preparation of the DNA Library remains an intensely manual process, needing a trained wet lab technician and several pieces of laboratory equipment. The Phase II technology takes advantage of several cross-enabling technologies, creating an instrument to automate the genetic sequencing process. “Our program works directly with small businesses to forge innovative concepts and technologies that drive impact for NASA projects as well as a myriad of commercial endeavors,” said Jason L. Kessler, program executive for NASA’s SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program at NASA Headquarters. “This collaboration results in realized opportunities not only for NASA but all of humanity.” This includes technologies aiming to reduce astronaut workload and improve robotic scientific endeavors on the Moon and Mars. PickNik Inc. based in Boulder, Colorado, will use its Phase II award to continue developing a hardware-agnostic platform for supervised autonomy that empowers humans to command a remote robot to complete complex tasks with minimal input, which could support the Artemis program. Outside of NASA, PickNik’s software product may be of interest to commercial space customers working on low Earth orbit destinations, in-space servicing, and more, as well as on Earth in areas like warehouse management, oil rig maintenance, and deep-sea exploration.  The NASA SBIR program is open to U.S. small businesses to develop an innovation or technology. The program is part of STMD and managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. To learn more about the NASA SBIR program, visit: https://sbir.nasa.gov -end- Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washingtonjames.j.russell@nasa.gov202-358-1600 Share Details Last Updated Apr 22, 2024 LocationNASA Headquarters Related TermsSmall Business Innovation Research / Small BusinessSpace Technology Mission Directorate

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The biggest plot twist in S5 is actually that Cartman's defining character moment of making Scott eat his parents wasn't from Trey or anyone from SP crew, it was all Radiohead's idea

Trey and Matt didn't even wanted STMD to be such an impactful episode in first place beyond the "Tom&Jerry" aspect and it became The Thing everyone remembers Cartman for because the guest starts said so

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NASA Releases First Integrated Ranking of Civil Space Challenges - NASA

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NASA Releases First Integrated Ranking of Civil Space Challenges - NASA

This spring, NASA published a document overviewing almost 200 technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs – and asked the aerospace community to rate their importance. The goal was to better integrate the community’s most pervasive technical challenges, or shortfalls, to help guide NASA’s space technology development and investments.

Today, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) released the 2024 Civil Space Shortfall Ranking document, integrating inputs from NASA mission directorates and centers, small and large industry organizations, government agencies, academia, and other interested individuals. STMD will use the inaugural list and annual updates as one of many factors to guide its technology development projects and investments.

“Identifying consensus among challenges across the aerospace industry will help us find solutions, together,” said NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free. “This is the groundwork for strengthening the nation’s technological capabilities to pave the way for new discoveries, economic opportunities, and scientific breakthroughs that benefit humanity.”

The integrated results show strong stakeholder agreement among the 30 most important shortfalls. At the top of the list is surviving and operating through the lunar night, when significant and sustained temperature drops make it difficult to run science experiments, rovers, habitats, and more. Solution technologies could include new power, thermal management, and motor systems. Second and third on the integrated list are the need for high-power energy generation on the Moon and Mars and high-performance spaceflight computing.

Michelle Munk

Acting Chief Architect for STMD

Highly rated capability areas in the top 20 included advanced habitation systems, autonomous systems and robotics, communications and navigation, power, avionics, and nuclear propulsion. Beyond the top quartile, stakeholder shortfall scores varied, likely aligning with their interests and expertise. With many shortfalls being interdependent, it emphasizes the need to make strategic investments across many areas to maintain U.S. leadership in space technology and drive economic growth.

STMD is evaluating its current technology development efforts against the integrated list to identify potential adjustments within its portfolio.

“This effort is an excellent example of our directorates working together to assess future architecture needs that will enable exploration and science for decades to come,” said Nujoud Merancy, deputy associate administrator for the Strategy and Architecture Office within NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.

The 2024 results are based on 1,231 total responses, including 769 internal and 462 external responses. Twenty were consolidated responses, representing multiple individuals from the same organization. Once average shortfall scores were calculated for each organization, STMD grouped, totaled, and averaged scores for nine stakeholder groups and then applied pre-determined weights to each to create the overall ranking. In the document, NASA also published the ranked results for each stakeholder group based on the 2024 feedback.

The rankings are based on the numerical scores received and not responses to the open-ended questions. NASA anticipates the qualitative feedback will uncover additional insights and more.

NASA will host a webinar to overview the ranking process and results on July 26, 2024, at 2 p.m. EDT.

“Communicating our most pressing technology challenges is a great way to tap into the abilities across all communities to provide solutions to critical problems,” said Dr. Carolyn Mercer, chief technologist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

To learn more about the inaugural civil space shortfall feedback opportunity and results as well as monitor future feedback opportunities, visit:

www.nasa.gov/civilspaceshortfalls

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NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology

Kurt Vogel portrait, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Dr. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday. His appointment is effective immediately. Vogel…

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NASA Invites Stakeholders to STMD’s LIFT-1 Industry Forum

NASA is hosting a virtual market online forum on Nov. 13, 2023, to present the company’s Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1) presentation Request for Information (RFI). At this occasion, agents of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) will go over the appropriate Moon-to-Mars Objectives, STMD Envisioned Future Priorities (EFPs …Read More

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Why Scott is a Better Rival for Eric than Kyle

Obligatory disclaimer: these are my thoughts, not meant to offend anyone, etcetera, etcetera… and just my opinion. Feel free to have your own, or to disagree.

  Even though I have these numbered, they’re not necessarily in order of importance.

Also, for this post I’m counting “Tenorman’s Revenge” as canon.

1. Scott is a larger threat

In his initial appearance in STMD Scott might not have seemed more than a quick-witted but simple bully who scammed a younger kid for $10, but upon his return in season 14 and in the video game released a couple of years later, he proved to be much more than that.

  Not only did he re-organize the Ginger Separatist Movement and picked it up from where Eric had left it, basically making the other gingers his servants, he also made dozens of fully functional robots (some of them maybe even more than 10 feet in height and some having a completely realistic human appearance). 

  Of course over the course of the series Kyle has proven to be smart a lot of times too, but when it comes to going up against Eric he doesn’t seem to have the motivation or the ability to gather as many resources or as much help to fight against him.

2. Kyle is somewhat overused

(Boy, if I’m getting backlash about something here it’s going to be this…)

25 years is a lot. During these 25 years Eric has had a handful of schemes that directly or indirectly involved Kyle. Whenever an episode is centered around a fight between Eric and Kyle it basically comes down to a format where Eric has a scheme of sorts and Kyle tries to stop him because he believes it’s morally wrong (and or rare occasions Kyle concedes because he teams up with Eric, like in the Crack Baby Athletic Association).

Sure, it can be an entertaining formula, but with South Park having so many seasons it’s bound to get repetitive at some point – if it hasn’t already, for some people.

In the meantime, Scott has not appeared in the show since season 14 (almost for 13 years) while his last words before he disappeared promised a return. Any time for him to be brought back would be convenient, and there are dozens of possibilities a plot with him could turn out. There are still so many things to explore with his character, so many routes that can be taken, so much depth that can be given to him.

On top of that, Scott’s and Kyle’s motives for going up against Eric are vastly different, so I do think such a change would be refreshing. Usually Kyle objects to Eric’s plans because they clash with his morality, while Scott seemed uncaring about morality from the start, and now has a vendetta to settle with Eric.

Which brings me to my next point.

3. Scott’s rivalry with Eric is more personal

Yes, Eric and Kyle have been “friends” for years, they’ve been through a lot together, but a big part of their rivalry is Eric insulting Kyle and Kyle defending himself, or Kyle trying to stop a scheme that has hurt or exploited people. Such actions on Kyle’s part do not have as much of a direct correlation to Eric as Scott’s actions do.

Ever since STMD, it’s clear that Scott has made it his life’s goal to get his revenge for what Eric did to him. Everything he does involves (or aims to involve) Eric some way or another. He doesn’t seem to care what Eric does outside of having killed his parents. He doesn’t care about what Eric’s moral code is outside of him, unlike Kyle, who mostly tries to defend both himself and any other people Eric intends to harm in some way, like Heidi.

On top of that, after 201, we also know that Eric and Scott are brothers, so there’s another layer that makes their dispute even more personal, while Kyle has no relation to Eric.

4. The payoffs with Scott are higher

Be it Eric’s complete victory in STMD or any of Scott’s (thus far) unsuccessful attempts at revenge, the stakes are higher, and the overall experience as a viewer gives you the impression of being more grandiose.

The second (and last) time he appeared in the show he gathered almost half the town to witness Eric’s reaction as he revealed who his real father is – a mystery discussed since season 1, a question that had been nagging Eric nearly his whole life. Even when he did something as childish as to steal Eric’s Xbox hard-drive, in order for Eric to get it back he had to fight Scott’s army of robots, had to chase him quite literally to Hell, Heaven and back.

In one of the episodes that depicts Eric and Kyle’s relationship well, Tonsil Trouble, all Kyle did was threaten to “break everything Eric owns”, when he learned Eric had just infected him with AIDS. The most “extreme” action he has taken against Eric that comes to mind is the plan he constructed in the end of Le Petit Tourette. (But I could be wrong, you can let me know if there’s something more.) In any case, his plans are still not quite on Scott’s level.

5. Scott’s dynamic with Eric is more unique than Kyle’s with Eric

Unpopular opinion, I know.

A lot of people find it difficult to define Eric’s relationship with Kyle. They’ve been hanging out together ever since they’ve been in pre-school, yet Eric hates Kyle, and it’s obvious Kyle more often than not does not enjoy having him around. It’s safe to say Eric is obsessed with Kyle at times, while Kyle for the most part does not interact with him unless he is somehow forced to, directly or indirectly. Despite all that, they have saved each other’s lives in the past.

It certainly is a special dynamic these two have, and one that can be pretty satisfying to watch. But it isn’t unheard of. Half-friends half-enemies (bear with me for simplifying it down to that) are not new as a trope or as a dynamic.

But Scott and Eric?

I don’t know about you, but I struggle think of a hate relationship as intense as theirs, especially one between siblings. Eric’s dislike for Scott was so strong it made him hate all ginger people, while Scott has let his persistence with revenge take over his life. He had to be treated in a mental hospital because of what Eric did to him, and it looks like he has since been unable to think of anything else besides him.

If Scott hadn’t pushed Eric as far as he did and Eric didn’t end up feeding him his parents, Scott probably wouldn’t have discovered their biological relationship in the first place. They’re brothers, yet they’ve never had an ounce of brotherly love for each other and most likely never will. They’ve never shared what could even be remotely considered a civil family moment. They only emotion they feel towards one another is unadulterated hate. Eric (a pretty lonely child, if the conversations he had with his stuffed animals are anything to go by) learns he has a brother, yet he is also the person Eric hates because he has humiliated and tricked him in the past, while said brother wants nothing more to do with him than to kill him.

They’d both do absolutely anything to destroy each other, and taking everything else into consideration, I do believe this is a dynamic that at least is much rarer.

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I also love Scott very much and I need to see him come back again. (I like him much better than Kyle.)

     And I don’t think his return should equal the obligatory erasure of Kyle’s interactions with Eric. Maybe they could both team up to fight against Scott.

     Or the three of them would make up for a funny rival triangle: with Eric being obsessed with Kyle and Scott being obsessed with Eric, but Eric being mostly indifferent towards him, unless he becomes quite the serious problem, and he has no choice but to confront him.

Plus, I guess I’m just a bit tired of seeing a lot of people saying that Kyle is Eric’s “one true rival”.

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Large Balloon Reflector: a potentially game-changing antenna design

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nasa-tech-breathes-life-into-potentially-game-changing-antenna-design/

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NASA Selects New Leader of Space Technology

Clayton P. Turner will serve as the associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. His appointment is effective immediately. Turner has served as the acting associate administrator of STMD since July. In this role, Turner will continue to oversee executive leadership, […] from NASA https://ift.tt/PKo5Trl

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NASA Announces Upcoming Retirement of Space Technology Head

James L. Reuter, associate administrator for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), announced Tuesday he will retire from NASA after 40 years of service. Reuter's retirement will be effective Friday, June 30. from NASA https://ift.tt/vTWcQwo via IFTTT

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[stmd gyoza] coral. can be about life in general or passion 'passion'. duaduanya juga gpp ☆

coral— what’s something you’re passionate about?

dayum, u actually got me thinking for a sec there awokawokwk-

anyways, some things (ada 2) that i'm AT LEAST passionate abt are: music n animation. like, i LOVE listening to music of many genres (and if u think i'll say except country music, ur deadass wrong 🙈🙈), talking abt music, playing music (i play the piano n guitar), making music (kek buat lagu or those lil jingles hehe),,, it just makes me feel all giddy and peaceful inside yknow,,,

same goes for animation. idk man, ever since i was a wee lad, i ADORE it (trims disney, dreamworks dan studio ghibli) and i've gone deep (still going) into the animated movies hole, whether it's 2d animation, 3d animation, stop motion, cel animation, and more !! but so far for me, 2d animation holds a special place in my heart <33. ALSO, i rlly dislike ppl who think that animation is just "a genre for da kiddos!!1!1!" as if it's not a limitless art form that can capture real life situations and dark themes that everyone struggles with. hell, even shows that are "made 4 kids" have adult themes and struggles kids experience.

ehh malah jd agak oot ya LOLL imma just stop cuz if i keep going this ask will be fuckin long-

soo, whenever ur in the mood to chat abt music or animation (dua"nya jg boleh bgt), hit me up !! (same goes for my moots), cuz if u want someone to overexplain for 5 hrs straight abt these things, you've come to the right person 😎😎