Aaron DeVries🌎

I have an Etsy shop where I make and sell 3D printed model kits. I mostly focus on obscure space things (from history and concepts) with some technical cutaway models. I add new ones from time to time and accept custom orders. Feel free to check it out. www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ADMi...

Current in progress custom order for a client. It's an interesting one, I hope they enjoy it. #3Dprinting #3Dmodeling #nuclear

I still have a gofundme setup for my wood cubesat project. My little attempt to make cubesat frames that are cheaper, easier to customize, and less damaging to the upper atmosphere when they burn up. gofund.me/f3182ee36 #space #science #technology #cubesat #gofundme

I have a note app on my phone I use to take notes and write things that come to mind. Looking through it I found this. I have no memory writing this and no idea what it means. I think I wrote it last year when I had woken up and went back to sleep after. I'm so confused, what does this mean???

stop for a moment and look at the zoomed out view of neptune from jwst

I was reading the Wikipedia page on the habitability of Mars for fun. And I found "Terran" used in reference to Earth life. This made me very happy, I don't often see that in the wild outside of sci-fi. I personally love using Terran as a serious term and like seeing it more.

The whole #spacex #moon thing making people mad feels the same as spaceX fans who only like space for the vibes. I don't like Elon or SpaceX either, but rockets have been crashing into the moon since the Soviet Union first did it. It really isn't a problem nor does it harm the moon.

I want to get a good optical telescope again at some point. I miss having one. Currently I just have a radio telescope, which as cool as it is, I can't just take it somewhere and observe the planets. It's big and only detects neutral hydrogen.

The Flag of Earth has flown — and is flying — over many observatories. flagofearth.org

I want to work on the wood cubesat project more, but still saving up for a car. Money truly is no fun.

Paths not Penned is now live on Steam! (Didn't need to push back the release this time) Already working on the next update for it, I'm oddly more nervous of this one then I was for Flank Speed. store.steampowered.com/app/4863730/... #gamedev #indidev #videogames #steam

In Paths not Penned some of the items stack, one gives you a mini dragon friend who attacks enemies for you. There is no limit to how many you can have. I keep thinking of things to add in updates so stay tuned. Can wishlist on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/4863730/... #gamedev #indidev #unity

My next small game is coming soon on Steam. It's a simple fantasy roguelike where you explore a procedural dungeon for treasure as you fight harder and harder enemies in greater numbers until you die. Wishlist it if interested store.steampowered.com/app/4863730/... #gamedev #indidev #steam

The Bathysphere 1:48 scale model kit is now live on my shop. For those who enjoy the history of deep sea exploration. adminiatures.etsy.com/ca/listing/4... #3dmodeling #3dprinting #ocean #history

NASA’s Dragonfly Clears Key Tests as Titan Rotorcraft Takes Shape Dragonfly is starting to look less like a collection of spacecraft parts and more like the rotorcraft that will fly across the surface of Titan, Saturn’s hazy moon. science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragon... #Dragonfly 🧪🔭

Interesting slides from a Kevin Parkin presentation on beamed energy rockets, Breakthrough Starshot's 0.2C lightsail and AI inference engines: youtu.be/0CXVqXDdpdU

Started working on a new model for my Etsy shop. I have the bathyscaphe Trieste, so I figured I should also have the Bathysphere. WIP but so far so good. #3dprinting #3dmodeling

Open Scott Manly video. His sponsor segment is a gen AI company that wants to write everything for you. Always fun to see a science communicator shill for the lies and brain damage machines.

Thinking about the Viking landers and how they where more analog and as such could be put in a oven to heat sterilize. It might be advantageous to make landers that are simpler and more analog, leaving the complex processing to an orbiting mothership, allowing for easily sterilized probes.

I am excited for the final episode of this season of For all Mankind. Last episode ended off with a couple very interesting things.

The path of scientific discovery is akin to the creative process of art, which is never (meant to be) linear or straightforward.

My little dungeon crawler roguelike game is getting close to it's first version. It's functionally like Risk of Rain with a procedural dungeon so nothing special there. But I put a lot of work in the visual style which i'm kind of proud of. #gamedev #unity #indidev

Time to start watching For All Mankind season 5. Episode 1 here we go.

Enjoy a few seconds of Zen of my school of Beckford's pencilfish. They are like little wet hummingbirds in the way they hover. *The smaller ones are threeline pencilfish (not as hummingbird-like but still cool).✏️🐟

Assuming I stop procrastinating on music creation, I could conceivably have the first build of my fantasy dungeon crawler game ready for publishing next month. I'm going to get some people to play test it first. It's a simple game but I don't want to rush it out like I did Flank Speed.

Enjoy this relativistic travel calculator with an interactive map of interstellar distances and how far they 'feel' thanks to time dilation: www.overvieweffekt.com/tools/relati...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

Happy #Earthday

Alright, the wood cubesat frame is now available for anyone interested. www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4... #space #science #cubesat

My last custom model order was for a 7 foot tall minuteman I ICBM. I love seeing the finished models fully painted and with decals. Like the Dyna-Soar, I just made the model, the client printed and painted it.

Solar eclipse + Earthshine on the Moon's night side + zodiacal light (interplanetary dust) to the left + Saturn and Mars at lower right. Oh, and that's the Orion spacecraft at left. Another iconic Artemis II photo. 🧪🔭 www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

This is so real, Before it's launch I thought I didn't care about Artemis. But turns out when spaceflight is devoid of SpaceX it's actually cool again and makes me feel that wonder I thought I lost. Also excited for China's moon missions, Spaceflight is so much better without tech bros.

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE SEEN FROM THE MOON BY ARTEMIS II!!! THEY WERE THE FIRST HUMANS TO HAVE THIS VIEW!!

We are so, so small. #Artemis

GOES-19 and GOES-18 captured the prominent exhaust plume left behind by Artemis II when it launched from Florida today. Atmospheric winds dissipated the plume as sunset approached.

In the 1957 Disney feature "Mars and Beyond" there is this little segment about media depictions of Mars including the war of the Worlds. The animation is silly but the martian fighting machine walk cycle is fun and interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7fF...

I was watching a video about CERN testing that antimatter containment unit by transporting 19 antiprotons. One of the comments I saw was just "who wants to brake check the antimatter truck" and I found that profoundly funny.

Welcome to the Large Space Simulator! 🌌 Our terrestrial planet hunter, Plato, has been placed inside this ESA chamber for a series of vital tests under space‑like conditions. Discover how it is like inside Europe's largest cryovacuum chamber here 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪

SAST is displaying an economical lunar cargo transportation spacecraft at a conference in Shanghai. A demo version has already completed liftoff, hovering and landing tests.