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Since the on campus science outreach people never got back to me and I can't figure out what class/professor on campus could use them the "double axis diffraction grating slides" (rainbowsymphony.com/products/d) are up for grabs.

This post is to gauge interest. Please comment if you want an amount (say <10) that can be shipped in a SASE. If you want amounts that need to be shipped as packages we can discuss how many and how to deal with shipping (I can cover some for some people, but as previously posted I'm estimating that I have 10-20k of these things and the box is the size of a full box of printer paper and quite heavy).

If someone is interested in taking the bulk of them and can get university negotiated shipping rates that would be amazing.

www.rainbowsymphony.comDiffraction Grating Slides - Double Axis 13,500 line/in

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Who Thought It Was a Good Idea to Let Me Drive a Lunar Rover?

They actually let me drive Australia’s Lunar Rover… I still don’t know why.

This all happened at AusSpace 2025 — Australia’s biggest space tech event — where I somehow found myself behind the controls of ROO-VER, the lunar rover being built to drive on the Moon.

Not only did I get to drive the thing, but I also sat down with one of the engineers building it... and then, somehow, ended up interviewing former Prime Minister Scott Morrison (?!). That’s not a sentence I ever thought I’d write.

This trip was insane, full of space tech, mad energy, a few surprises — and, of course, one very confused engineer trying to explain to me how to drive a robot made for the Moon.

So… did I crash it? Did Scott Morrison talk about space chickens? Did I get kicked out of AusSpace?

There’s only one way to find out 👇

#LunarRover #AusSpace2025 #SpaceAustralia #ROOVER #Engineering #MoonMission #SpaceExploration #Astroworx #ScottMorrison #Science #Tech #STEM #Innovation #FutureTech #Robotics #NASA #SpaceX #Australia #BehindTheScenes #Trending #YouTubeShorts #Vlog #CrazyIdeas #WildRide

YouTube: youtu.be/hrkSaIBE7dY

#America's #science put on starvation diet
#NationalScienceFoundation FY 2026 budget cut by more than 60%
#NSF, the agency responsible for promoting scientific progress in the #US and nurturing national #STEM talent has proposed a budget of $3.9 billion, 61.7 percent less than the $10.183 billion sought in FY 2025.
theregister.com/2025/05/30/ame

The Register · American science put on starvation dietBy Thomas Claburn

DOGE Is Busier Than Ever—and Trump Says Elon Musk Is ‘Really Not Leaving’

wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk

Federal workers from six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments as both new and familiar DOGE faces have appeared in meetings and at new offices. …

WIRED · DOGE Is Busier Than Ever—and Trump Says Elon Musk Is 'Really Not Leaving'By Makena Kelly
#STEM#STORMS#WAVES