[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/twitter/the_engi_nerd) "@heatloss1986 No guts. Thing was a piece of shit. Fairly sure several streets around here are named for guys who died testing them"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945312532773704009) 2025-07-16 02:40:24 UTC 13.1K followers, 2825 engagements "Dont look too deeply into how well proven this capability is from space though. I wouldnt be irritated if we werent literally gambling that unproven tech is going to work and leaving ourselves without an alternative if it doesnt"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945635654039208242) 2025-07-17 00:04:22 UTC 13.1K followers, 14.1K engagements "Hollywood portrayals of future mega billionaires as seen in my childhood: evil corporate overlords who dont care if you live or die Richest man in the world in the 2020s: makes robot taxis that only service a geofenced area that looks like a cock and balls"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945242427029147963) 2025-07-15 22:01:50 UTC 13.1K followers, 2928 engagements "Gotta admit I prefer MFDs to pure touchscreens. They speak to the vision of the future we had in the early 90s"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945237169569746962) 2025-07-15 21:40:56 UTC 13.1K followers, 43.2K engagements "Ah yes the famous industrial base concerns these geniuses had after visiting shipyards (which are in a much rougher situation) and thinking that same situation applies to the major aerospace primes"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945603448373661726) 2025-07-16 21:56:24 UTC 13.1K followers, 21.3K engagements "know what has XXX% likelihood of not improving the timeline for the Navy to get a sixth generation fighter NOT FUCKING FUNDING THE NAVY SIXTH GENERATION FIGHTER PROGRAM"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945605702891811112) 2025-07-16 22:05:21 UTC 13.1K followers, 2939 engagements "@N214WN @JANN_IIS @SHINR__ Parked in the shopping center with Harris Teeter yesterday morning. I parked next to you"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1946034526301425995) 2025-07-18 02:29:21 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements "@Robotbeat proven technology on proven platform unproven technology on one or more pLEO networks that the department has yet to launch let alone make function Youve got a strange way of looking at things"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945706760649474463) 2025-07-17 04:46:55 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements "@the__dude98 Everyone except all the other programs that lost out because its eating the DAF budget"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945654991487750640) 2025-07-17 01:21:13 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements "I'm going to have a great life just to spite some motherfuckers"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1943801233950597320) 2025-07-11 22:35:02 UTC 13.1K followers, 2853 engagements "@garvidge Maryland is a strange place that should not exist"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945691352248815630) 2025-07-17 03:45:42 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements "@shitwolfymakes Your balls are the home for sin which is microplastics suspended in pee"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945193182838292752) 2025-07-15 18:46:09 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements "@WardoftheStates I like how that Geo matches the house"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945976973915828287) 2025-07-17 22:40:39 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements "Both an F-18 and a V-22 have rocked the house this morning"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945138422869352773) 2025-07-15 15:08:33 UTC 13.1K followers, 2775 engagements "Engineers show me the coolest thing youve worked on"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1943006606364758495) 2025-07-09 17:57:28 UTC 13.1K followers, 425.4K engagements "Doing it from satellites eventually is a good idea but we shouldnt give up doing it from the air too. This is a gamble. I think DOD gets confused because it says look every piece of this is TRL X but that overlooks that integration and operationalization are extremely difficult"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945693112187158955) 2025-07-17 03:52:41 UTC 13.2K followers, XXX engagements "Of course whats the real reason Is this the real reason I dont know but its so frustrating"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945604294226424148) 2025-07-16 21:59:45 UTC 13.1K followers, 2066 engagements "@AlexHollings52 @aaronnagy1987 Dont sleep on Northrop Grummans digital engineering game though. They have an entire portfolio approach to M&S thats very interesting"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945474182847811789) 2025-07-16 13:22:45 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements "@PatrickSchuess1 @John_A_Ridge Its not at all a stupid *idea*. What is true is that the technology has not been demonstrated to a level sufficient for justifying elimination of acquisition of a proven platform that can provide the capability"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945658295160631681) 2025-07-17 01:34:20 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements "Two photos here from the USAF. The first is from 2013 with a maintainer opening an F-35's Maintenance Interface Panel (MIP). The second photo is more recent showing a maintainer performing the same task. But something's changed: the MIP now has marks near each fastener. Why"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1942376323751563593) 2025-07-08 00:12:57 UTC 13.1K followers, 113.6K engagements "@NavyDigi @audrey_decker9 I think theyre lying and the true reason is so dumb that no one wants to write it down"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945664274711400646) 2025-07-17 01:58:06 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements "@heatloss1986 You should be ashamed of yourself"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1945534967515132198) 2025-07-16 17:24:17 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements "@TheWapplehouse Oh no he works for a defense contractor So evil"  [@the_engi_nerd](/creator/x/the_engi_nerd) on [X](/post/tweet/1943724535506784425) 2025-07-11 17:30:16 UTC 13.1K followers, 60.2K engagements
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@the_engi_nerd
"@heatloss1986 No guts. Thing was a piece of shit. Fairly sure several streets around here are named for guys who died testing them"
@the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-16 02:40:24 UTC 13.1K followers, 2825 engagements
"Dont look too deeply into how well proven this capability is from space though. I wouldnt be irritated if we werent literally gambling that unproven tech is going to work and leaving ourselves without an alternative if it doesnt" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 00:04:22 UTC 13.1K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Hollywood portrayals of future mega billionaires as seen in my childhood: evil corporate overlords who dont care if you live or die Richest man in the world in the 2020s: makes robot taxis that only service a geofenced area that looks like a cock and balls" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-15 22:01:50 UTC 13.1K followers, 2928 engagements
"Gotta admit I prefer MFDs to pure touchscreens. They speak to the vision of the future we had in the early 90s" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-15 21:40:56 UTC 13.1K followers, 43.2K engagements
"Ah yes the famous industrial base concerns these geniuses had after visiting shipyards (which are in a much rougher situation) and thinking that same situation applies to the major aerospace primes" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-16 21:56:24 UTC 13.1K followers, 21.3K engagements
"know what has XXX% likelihood of not improving the timeline for the Navy to get a sixth generation fighter NOT FUCKING FUNDING THE NAVY SIXTH GENERATION FIGHTER PROGRAM" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-16 22:05:21 UTC 13.1K followers, 2939 engagements
"@N214WN @JANN_IIS @SHINR__ Parked in the shopping center with Harris Teeter yesterday morning. I parked next to you" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-18 02:29:21 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements
"@Robotbeat proven technology on proven platform unproven technology on one or more pLEO networks that the department has yet to launch let alone make function Youve got a strange way of looking at things" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 04:46:55 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@the__dude98 Everyone except all the other programs that lost out because its eating the DAF budget" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 01:21:13 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements
"I'm going to have a great life just to spite some motherfuckers" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-11 22:35:02 UTC 13.1K followers, 2853 engagements
"@garvidge Maryland is a strange place that should not exist" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 03:45:42 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements
"@shitwolfymakes Your balls are the home for sin which is microplastics suspended in pee" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-15 18:46:09 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements
"@WardoftheStates I like how that Geo matches the house" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 22:40:39 UTC 13.1K followers, XX engagements
"Both an F-18 and a V-22 have rocked the house this morning" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-15 15:08:33 UTC 13.1K followers, 2775 engagements
"Engineers show me the coolest thing youve worked on" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-09 17:57:28 UTC 13.1K followers, 425.4K engagements
"Doing it from satellites eventually is a good idea but we shouldnt give up doing it from the air too. This is a gamble. I think DOD gets confused because it says look every piece of this is TRL X but that overlooks that integration and operationalization are extremely difficult" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 03:52:41 UTC 13.2K followers, XXX engagements
"Of course whats the real reason Is this the real reason I dont know but its so frustrating" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-16 21:59:45 UTC 13.1K followers, 2066 engagements
"@AlexHollings52 @aaronnagy1987 Dont sleep on Northrop Grummans digital engineering game though. They have an entire portfolio approach to M&S thats very interesting" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-16 13:22:45 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@PatrickSchuess1 @John_A_Ridge Its not at all a stupid idea. What is true is that the technology has not been demonstrated to a level sufficient for justifying elimination of acquisition of a proven platform that can provide the capability" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 01:34:20 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements
"Two photos here from the USAF. The first is from 2013 with a maintainer opening an F-35's Maintenance Interface Panel (MIP). The second photo is more recent showing a maintainer performing the same task. But something's changed: the MIP now has marks near each fastener. Why" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-08 00:12:57 UTC 13.1K followers, 113.6K engagements
"@NavyDigi @audrey_decker9 I think theyre lying and the true reason is so dumb that no one wants to write it down" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-17 01:58:06 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@heatloss1986 You should be ashamed of yourself" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-16 17:24:17 UTC 13.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@TheWapplehouse Oh no he works for a defense contractor So evil" @the_engi_nerd on X 2025-07-11 17:30:16 UTC 13.1K followers, 60.2K engagements