ShadowZone

@theshadowzone

I create monsters. Then I fly them. Sometimes they survive. You can watch all that shenanigans on I'm also available here: @ShadowZone@mastodon.social

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ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jun 28

Congrats, climate change deniers. It's the hottest it's ever been in my home town since 1775.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jun 26

My brain isn't really working at these temperatures. Which is one of the reasons why there is no new video today. Apologies.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jun 23

Erm...

A YouTube comment by user @ShadowZoneUnofficial saying: "Sir can you please change your channel name to shadow zone space or somthing because i am going to name my channel shadow zone for gaming(if you won't that's okay but please reply)"

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jun 9

KSA devs touch grass.

Screenshot of the space simulation game Kitten Space Agency. The image shows a small spacecraft laying on its side in a brown grass meadow. You can see clouds and the sun in the background.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· May 23

Here's @mattlowne.bsky.social with a very sensible take on Starship Flight 2. The replies are to be expected from the sycophantic cess pool that former Twitter has become. It really annoys me that almost all space creators still keep posting over there despite knowing how terrible the platform is.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· May 6

A sneak peek into this week's upcoming video. You'll never guess what it is about. Tune in on Friday!

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 18

The report addresses Isaacman directly:

Screenshot of the SST Minority Statt Report. The highlighted passage reads: "Administrator Isaacman has launched an ambitious agenda for crewed spaceflight and science missions alike, and he appears to have a clear idea of the direction in which he intends to lead the agency. That direction is incompatible with the diminished horizons put forth by the FY27 PBR. It is important that Administrator Isaacman defend NASA by protecting its workforce and its mission and shielding it from the political interference and ideological extremism emanating from OMB. Administrator Isaacman must follow the law as enacted by Congress and not adhere to direction from OMB that is contrary to law. "

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 11

I cannot articulate enough how much I hate YouTube's auto-translation features! First off: my language is set to English, so WHY?!?. Second: translating band names (Angine de Poitrine) proves your "AI" is anything but intelligent. Are the "Rolling Stones" now the "rollende Steine" in German?

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 9

I love the pictures from Artemis II, but NASA's image website is incredibly bad for filtering down to just the current images from the Moon. And the Artemis II album doesn't include all imaged. Really frustrating to navigate this! images.nasa.gov

The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby, while a distant Earth sets in the background. This image was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT, on April 6, 2026, just three minutes before the Orion spacecraft and its crew went behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes before emerging on the other side.
In this image, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while on its day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater shows terraced edges and a relatively flat floor marked by central peaks — formed when the surface rebounded upward during the impact that created the crater.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 8

If you enjoy open source software, make sure you support them with more than just likes on a social media site.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 6

Mission control actually responded with "Amaze, Amaze, Amaze!" 🤣 I love this mission.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 3

Or you can follow the real time tracking on NASA's website. It is very cool: www.nasa.gov/missions/art...

Screenshow of NASA's real time tracking website for the Artemis II mission. The image shows the Orion spacecraft and European Service Module from behind with the Moon visible between two of the four solar panel arrays of the spacecraft.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Apr 2

Is it just me or was the general public's reaction to Artemis II launching more like shrugged shoulders than actual excitement? I slept when it launched (time zones). Now, roughly 6 hours later, the story is barely above the fold on most news websites. Thoughts on why?

NASA's SLS rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral to send four astronauts around the moon as part of the Artemis 2 mission.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Mar 27

I receive multiple sponsorship offers a week, which I never react to, because... ugh... that would be an entire video, honestly. But this has to be either the lowest effort scam attempt or the lowest effort sponsorship attempt ever. Sad part: some real companies behave similarly lazy.

A screenshot of an email titled "Collaboration Project Plan Proposal" claiming to be from Shure Media, but the "from" address is just a random Gmail address. The body merely says: "Hello from our team We see alignment between our objectives and your expertise. We are open to finding a structure that works well."

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Feb 21

Yes they are. I regularly donate to FOSS projects I enjoy using.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jan 26

You call that winter? 😜 Great to see you back on a bike.

Snowy mountain bike trail in a winter forest, picture taken from the rider's point of view with the handle bars and front wheel visible in the foreground.

Yellow mountain bike in front of a snowy landscape.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jan 22

Ah well, here we go again! Replacing Ubuntu with CachyOS on my main PC.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jan 17

Compared to the other gas planets in OPM, Neidon felt a bit empty, celestial body wise. But Thatmo with the right mods is just eerily beautiful.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jan 14

No, seriously, in less than an hour, I had a functioning OS and most apps that I need installed. And now that I know the package names for the apps I want, I can write a simple script that just installs all of them in one go should I want to switch my main PC to CachyOS. And KSP runs of course 😜

A screenshot of a Linux destkop showing the CachyOS terminal and a game window playing Kerbal Space Program.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jan 14

Why the hell not put CachyOS on my @frame.work laptop?

A laptop display showing the CachyOS Linux Installer running.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Jan 5

Kitten Space Agency running under Ubuntu Linux on my PC.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Dec 10

The boys and I had a blast. Thanks for dropping by in our neck of the woods, Colonel!

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on stage in Vienna, Austria, a guitar on a stand next to him, a screen with a picture showing him after landing with Soyuz and a picture of him as a child playing astronaut in the background.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Dec 10

Waiting for @cmdr-hadfield.bsky.social's show to start. Already met a couple of space community buddies in the crowd!

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Dec 5

So much for checking in with my Patreon supporters to see what's up. Any of you here?

Screenshot of a browser tab showing the URL "patreon.com" and an error reading "500 Internal Server Error" with a small text "cloudflare" below that.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Nov 13

Sun's coming out while the robotic vehicle continues safing the booster. All mission objectives completed. Blue Origin can be proud of themselves.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Nov 13

Robo crew checking if everything is okay. No humans aboard the Jacklyn, of course.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Nov 13

Both Escapade satellites have successfully deployed! Expect some great science in a couple of years from them!

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Nov 13

In a little more than 15 minutes the two Escapade satellites will deploy.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Nov 13

Escapade continues to fly towards Mars.

ShadowZone@theshadowzone· Nov 13

AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!! Massive congratulations to the Blue Origin team. Second flight, stuck the landing.