In this very long episode, we will talk about a lot of stuff. This includes everything from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the Trump Administration's new Executive Order on 1,000 launches per year (EO14335), NASA's new paper on galactic origins, and what Dr. Mark McCaughrean said about the James Webb Space Telescope and others at the LIYSF 2026.

In this episode

• Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: From Spy Satellite to Scientific Exploration
• A thousand a year: EO14335 and its possible implications
• Nature Astronomy newly online article on LKH merger

Plus

• a brief history of galactic mergers of our galaxy
• LIYSF: Dr. Mark McCaughrean's remarks on the James Webb Space Telescope: delays, cost overruns, and what can we learn from it

Additional readings:

• Trump's Executive Order 14335
• Nature Astronomy paper I mentioned
• Dr. Mark McCaughrean

Image credit: NASA and LIYSF

Tomorrow, we will talk about the ready-to-go Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's new paper on the Galaxy's history, and more!! so, stay tuned!

In this episode, we talk about the LATEST updates on the Swift Boost Mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This one-of-its-kind mission is now ushering some sad news but we are gonna take a look at it, judge it, and then talk a little bit more on options in parity regarding its ambitions.

In this episode

- Swift Boost Mission

- DARPA Lift Challenge 2026

Also included

- what is Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS): an overview

- London International youth Science Forum (LIYSF): introduction

See Also

- Project Earth

Image credit: Katalyst Space Systems, NASA, LIYSF, and DARPA

This time, we talk about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Swift Boost Mission. The mission is effectively ushering in a whole new era of aerospace. We also visited some of the fundamentals regarding orbital mechanics, all while clearing misconceptions about different orbits. Last but not least, we also discussed the strange case where Max Plank's thesis were retracted (or, as the host suggest, redacted).

In this episode

- Swift Boost Mission

- Max Plank's paper retraction case (by Springer, the parent of the journal Nature)

Also included

- Orbital Mechanics 101

- Introduction to Swift Observatory

- History of Journals 101

See Also:

- the ArXiv paper

P.S. as of July 10th, the papers have been restored by Nature citing "human error", but well, this is a HUGE ERROR, Springer

(Science reported this, take a look here)

Cover photo: Swift observatory, what it has seen before, and LINK mission conceptual depict (NASA)

This time, we delve into the Government Accountability Office (GAO)'s report: Weapon Systems Annual Assessment (GAO-26-108457)

Specifically, we will focus on the hypersonics part, covering:

- HACM

- LRHW / CPS (or Dark Eagle)

two programs.

*a single Tomahawk Block V baseline cost is $1,537,645, according to The War Zone; the Swift Boost Mission episode is on its way, as this is a Special Episode not a formal one :)

To access the full report, visit https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108457.pdf

To read more about MTA, visit https://aaf.dau.edu/aaf/mta/

cover photo: Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (source: Army Communications and Outreach Office through DVIDS)

Welcome to Tony's Perspective Matrix! Here, it's a place for mutual intellectual growth under the guidance of Tony, a Wikipedia editor from national Tainan First Senior High that has won multiple awards!!

Also in this short episode:

- Swift Boost Mission: a trailer