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hello i am here now transitposting and space stuff mainly (he/him, ace/aro, unapologetic socdem) All views expressed are my own. FASCISTS AND FASCIST APOLOGISTS WILL BE BLOCKED ON SIGHT 🌎 St. Louis, MO USA 🌩️👀 2fs3TGwyfVb3

Union Pacific 4014, a 1941-built ALCO 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” locomotive sitting in the yard at St. Louis after a special exhibition before it continues west to Kansas City and Denver.
SLS on LC-39B as seen from the viewing gantry, taken February 7
Results of the 2021 Syrian presidential election, showing Bashar al-Assad winning by over 95%
Desktop gaming PC. The front and left side panel are glass to allow the internals to be seen. The 3 fans on the side and 1 on the back are lit up purple, and there is a light strip on the lower edge of the graphics card
ISV Pioneering Spirit juxtaposed against the black void of space
a cat staring at the viewer, as if looking inside a box
“Come and take it” flag with Discovery replacing the rifle
A bottle of chloroform.
Apollo 15 Command Module “Endeavour”
Atlas LV-3B w/Mercury capsule
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
B-52 cockpit trainer
Sopwith Camel (replica)
Radar image of an extremely violent tornado north of Lake City, AR, that prompted a tornado emergency to be issued for the area
Tupolev Tu-144 “Charger” supersonic airliner
Radar scan showing large tornado (circled area) in between Taylorsville and Bay Springs, both towns with ~1,000 people each. The red boxes represent warned areas
Diagram of the experimental NRX nuclear thermal rocket, showing a cutaway of the powerhead and reactor assembly. Propellant (typically liquid hydrogen) would have flowed through tubes in the reactor core, heating it to extremely high temperatures before directing the exhaust through a traditional nozzle.
Walking directions from cortex metrolink station to the st louis ikea
Center-running busway on Highway 7 in York Region, Ontario
OPM DEI reporting email being run through Mailbait
New Glenn first stage pathfinder with people next to it, giving a sense of scale
Artist’s rendition of Blue Moon Mk1 on the lunar surface
New Glenn on LC-36 prior to its maiden flight, the bronze color is due to thermal insulation
Blue Origin New Glenn launching in the night from CCSFS LC-36
Transit app screenshot showing all 3 tracked metrolink red line trains running exactly on time
St. Louis Metro
5-door, high-floor bi-articulated bus on the BRT system of Curitiba, Brazil
South Shore Line train street-running in Michigan City, IN. This section of track has since been replaced with a new, dedicated ROW
iOS lock screen with a KSP screenshot of the shuttle in orbit as the background picture
Bluesky at #1 of the “Top Free Apps” section of the iOS App Store
Theoretical 2024 election map showing Harris winning with 270 electoral votes vs 268 for Trump
SpaceX Super Heavy booster 12 hanging from the launch tower’s “chopsticks” after successfully returning to the launch site after this morning’s flight test
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Metrolink pulling into civic center station
I’m joining the war on Texas on the side of the federal government
New Flyer XE40
Downtown Rochester looking west on Main St near Chestnut St
View from near the base of Horseshoe Falls, numerous people in pink ponchos are visible at the bottom of the frame
An air line going into a flask full of drierite, a common laboratory desiccant. Doing this removes moisture from the air, which is useful for certain things.
40-foot Gillig bus in new St. Louis MetroBus livery. Headboard reads “2 TO ROCK ROAD TC”
Various pride hearts with quotes on them
Late 2013 “Trashcan” Mac Pro on a desk, a Mighty Mouse and wired keyboard are visible in the reflections on the unit
Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited, a daily overnight train from New York City to Chicago. Accommodations include private rooms, “flexible dining” featuring pre-packaged hot meals, a cafe car, Wi-Fi, checked bicycles, and limited pet accommodations.
Me holding an open smoke detector, showing the radiation source, which is marked with a radiation warning symbol and the text “CAUTION RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Am-241 1.0 uCi - 3.7 kBq MAXIMUM”
Kirkwood, MO looking north on Kirkwood Rd (US 67, Lindbergh Blvd)
6th St and Washington Ave around sundown
Corner of 6th St and Washington Ave in downtown St. Louis, looking west.
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Metrolink SD400 #1030 at Shrewsbury, still in old livery