Systems Engineer @Astroscale_UK. Former @UKSEDS Chair. Also @TheFlameTrench. Photographer. M0HIZ. He/him. Opinions mine only #BiInEng 🏳️🌈 @weasdown@tech.lgbt
Oxfordshire, England
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Not exactly weird, but if you play I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) on the ISS, it travels pretty much exactly 1000 miles ("500 miles and 500 more") during the duration of the song.
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What impact does the inclusion of tier 2 vocabulary in mathematics GCSEs have on students with EAL?
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If you can spare 10-15 minutes by completing the above questionnaire, you will help me in answering this question (and others) as part of my MA.
Thanks!
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Does the language in GCSE Mathematics exams disadvantage students with EAL? #edutwitter
If you are a secondary school teacher in the UK and can spare 15-20 mins to answer my Masters questionnaire, I hope to provide an answer to the question above.
Thanks
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A fundraiser in memory of the @OxonFireRescue firefighters killed in the line of duty on Thursday in #Bicester. Please donate if you can and share it with your contacts. #Heroes
justgiving.com/page/bicester…
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#edutwitter
Over the last three years, I have been completing my masters alongside teaching full-time.
If any of you are teachers in the UK and can spare 15 minutes to help me out, I would appreciate if you could complete the linked questionnaire:
forms.gle/qVbfzW5pZbecQwW96
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If anyone in the secondary teaching community can spare 15 minutes to help me out - I would greatly appreciate it!
#edutwitter #secondaryschools
#edutwitter
Over the last three years, I have been completing my masters alongside teaching full-time.
If any of you are teachers in the UK and can spare 15 minutes to help me out, I would appreciate if you could complete the linked questionnaire:
forms.gle/qVbfzW5pZbecQwW96
.@bbcweather I'd love to know what glitch in your system is making it think that Oxford will get winds of over 5,300mph today and tomorrow! That's about 4.5x the fastest winds in the solar system according to NASA (science.nasa.gov/neptune/nep…) 😆
ALT BBC Weather forecast for Oxford for Thursday 10th October, showing winds of 5345 mph.
ALT BBC Weather forecast for Oxford for Friday 11th October, showing winds of 5345 mph.
ALT Neptune is our solar system's windiest world. Despite its great distance and low energy input from the Sun, Neptune's winds can be three times stronger than Jupiter's and nine times stronger than Earth's. These winds whip clouds of frozen methane across the planet at speeds of more than 1,200 miles per hour (2,000 kilometers per hour). Even Earth's most powerful winds hit only about 250 miles per hour (400 kilometers per hour).
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Moving in for a closer look! 🔎
From several hundred meters down to just 50, observe stunning new details of space debris thanks to our ADRAS-J mission.
astroscale.com/historic-appr…
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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There it goes! 🛰️👋
ADRAS-J is now in orbit, ready to start its mission of rendezvousing with an aging piece of space debris and observing it closely to determine whether it can be deorbited in future.
Proud to be part of this innovative @astroscale_HQ mission studying ways to clean up space.
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Congratulations to the team! 🎉 ADRAS-J is officially on duty and ready to rendezvous with some space debris! Let the new era of space sustainability begin! #ShowtheWayADRASJ
astroscale.com/astroscale-su…
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MISSION SUCCESS! ADRAS-J has been successfully deployed to orbit by Electron’s Kick Stage. Congratulations to the team at @Astroscale_HQ.
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Revolutionizing the future of space, one mission at a time! Next to launch: ADRAS-J in just 7 hours with our partners @RocketLab. 🚀
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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On Closer Inspection, you might just notice parts of Electron have turned white ❄️☃️
You know it’s almost launch time when ice starts to form on Electron’s carbon composite structure, meaning LOx load is underway.
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Less than three hours until launch of our ADRAS-J spacecraft! This mission entails the first ever approach of actual space debris and will be a monumental step toward a more sustainable future in space.
Electron is vertical on the pad in preparation for the launch of #OnCloserInspection for @astroscale_HQ
Target lift-off time:
NZDT | 03:52 (19 Feb)
UTC | 14:52 (18 Feb)
PST | 06:52 (18 Feb)
EST | 09:52 (18 Feb)
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From the very first renderings to the anticipation of launch day, witnessing the journey of ADRAS-J has been nothing short of incredible.
Now it's time to #ShowtheWayADRASJ!
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6 years ago #Today, the robotic spacecraft Cassini reached the end of its pluriennial mission in space.
A mission meant to last 3 years in orbit around Saturn, and instead the spacecraft spent 13 years, 76 days there, closing with a Grand Finale.
[artist’s concept, NASA/JPL]
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You can’t believe how kind the British are.
Every morning, a van pulls up outside your house in Coventry.
A friendly man brings you a freshly-baked flatbread to eat.
It’s just for you,not anyone else in your family.
Every afternoon he comes back to make sure you’ve eaten it.
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Massively under-reported science story because there's so much going on right now but...it turns out that we might have figured out what's causing this very scary spike.
Quick thread, on how WE'VE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY GEOENGINEERING FOR DECADES...but then we stopped:
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We're excited to announce the first commercial partnership of our Astroscale Docking Plate with @astrodigitalgeo. 🙌
Lets make in-orbit servicing routine by 2030! 🛰️
Astro Digital to integrate Astroscale in-orbit servicing docking plates
spacenews.com/astro-digital-…
