Joey Roulette
@joroulette
Space reporter @Reuters, past space stints @nytimes @verge. Signal is jrou(dot)41
Jonathan's Space Library will be moving to Bromley, south of London, at end 2025. Still to do: - Complete purchase of property - Planning approval for renovation - Construction, and shipping! gofundme.com/f/fund-jonatha… Funds still needed
Starlink has now mostly recovered from the network outage, which lasted approximately 2.5 hours. The outage was due to failure of key internal software services that operate the core network. We apologize for the temporary disruption in our service; we are deeply committed to…
Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is resolved.
Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so…
Exclusive w/ @joroulette: White House reviews SpaceX contracts as Trump-Musk feud simmers reuters.com/business/aeros…
More: WH confirms Isaacman's out, says replacement coming soon @ShelbyTalcott "It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon," Spox says
News: White House likely to pull NASA nom Isaacman's nomination just days before a vote @ShelbyTalcott semafor.com/article/05/31/…
Please join me, @wapodavenport and @joroulette at 3 pm EDT today to talk about what we *really* think is going to happen to NASA under the Trump administration and Jared Isaacman. arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/…
Falcon 9's first stage passes over thunderstorms during its return
Great reporting in WaPo on how the US is touting Starlink to foreign countries amid tariff talks. Sec of State Rubio in one cable, referring to Starlink: "U.S. government advocacy is essential to maintain and extent their global ‘first-mover’ advantage.’” washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
Reuters wins #Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for ‘Fentanyl Express.’ Read the full series here: reuters.com/investigates/s… @PulitzerPrizes
Where camels roam and rockets launch: Inside Oman’s remote coastal desert spaceport thenationalnews.com/future/space/2…
Amazon launches 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband internet program, the first batch of 3,236 satellites it plans to send into low-Earth orbit (@joroulette / Reuters) reuters.com/business/media… techmeme.com/250428/p28#a25…