<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:50:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3446.6637]]></title><description><![CDATA[KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3446.6637. 🌌 "I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get someplace nobody's ever been." - John Glenn, astronaut]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinkers-log-stardate-34466637</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinkers-log-stardate-34466637</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:25:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Isaacman Effect - Week 40: KSC efficiencies surge, X-planes revival takes flight, and key leadership shifts underscore execution mode]]></title><description><![CDATA[KSC efficiencies surge, X-planes revival takes flight, and key leadership shifts underscore execution mode. Builder mode at Kennedy This past Friday, Administrator Isaacman visited Kennedy Space Center]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/the-isaacman-effect-week-40-ksc-efficiencies-surge-x-planes-revival-takes-flight-and-key-leadership-shifts-underscore-execution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/the-isaacman-effect-week-40-ksc-efficiencies-surge-x-planes-revival-takes-flight-and-key-leadership-shifts-underscore-execution</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:18:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VthYsU34hW8RK3MKW2xW2dTr6DBDuoFHEN4CsGgqChqYG2vju4xPtwWCnGXnkYkeetdK1y4W6P74cmEoLvbaBKuskQoYLywBHuSXTZHYH5KuQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Get Replaced to Your Own Advantage]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to get replaced to your own advantage. Now is the time to buy a long-haul truck - and a humanoid. Remember when I said AI + humanoid robots will eventually replace every job? This is one of those jobs…]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/how-to-get-replaced-to-your-own-advantage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/how-to-get-replaced-to-your-own-advantage</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184724]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC98XurcymjZMWVvzCkcw2Niag92CcAGNFboWSx9t64Tf5T2xK8sA8ehY9ybtLiDp9FewAJgjNjsyZrC57wD3p3eaveSuthWLxD3tDE1JCQo7J2yM5cyDQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today in Space History - A Window on Venus 🚀]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today in Space History - A Window on Venus 🚀 Stardate 764.0953 (OCTOBER 22, 1975) On the morning of 22 October 1975, the Venera 9 lander settled onto a steep slope near Beta Regio and opened a camera]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/today-in-space-history-a-window-on-venus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/today-in-space-history-a-window-on-venus</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:43:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today in Space History - A Brief Touch on Bennu 🚀]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today in Space History - A Brief Touch on Bennu 🚀 Stardate 3130.8368 (OCTOBER 20, 2020) More than 300 million kilometres from Earth, OSIRIS-REx lowered a sampling arm onto the rubble of asteroid Bennu.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/today-in-space-history-a-brief-touch-on-bennu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/today-in-space-history-a-brief-touch-on-bennu</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:34:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Crew Dragon Outlive Falcon 9? Starship as the Dragon Carrier]]></title><description><![CDATA[Could Crew Dragon outlive Falcon 9? Yes... Here's how: Launched inside Starship. Deployed to complete mission then returns as normal. The logic is plain. Getting Starship certified to launch people is]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/could-crew-dragon-outlive-falcon-9-starship-as-the-dragon-carrier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/could-crew-dragon-outlive-falcon-9-starship-as-the-dragon-carrier</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC98XurcymjZMWVvzCkcw1mzuxYqQmNmLFxK33o7d4Kudk6ojFXHeZdFmMCTLorkcH2sjuEFvTHocaSY7xuQt8PyfgQFbdhzN6CVnQPRziQb8PZrkBUJvA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Question of the Day: One Permanent Moon Bunk, Four Applicants. Who Gets It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So the question of the day is: one permanent Moon bunk, four applicants, a scientist, a miner, a medic and a teacher. Who gets it, now that staying matters more than visiting?]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/question-of-the-day-one-permanent-moon-bunk-four-applicants-who-gets-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/question-of-the-day-one-permanent-moon-bunk-four-applicants-who-gets-it</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC98XurcymjZMWVvzCkcw1nk1fkHjeRkHi9MgR3qSeeJPuUM7UkEYxTzKNxyrUifzXqkkPVmwrkzWicaJEyBn27i8coV245vHD96oNn7z4SgGdY4CmYqug?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classic Cosmos of the Week: NGC 1827, a Spiral Seen Edge-On]]></title><description><![CDATA[Classic Cosmos of the Week: NGC 1827, a spiral seen edge-on, about 37 million light-years away in Columba, the Dove. Rusty dust lanes run the full length, with blue star-forming patches tucked along the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/classic-cosmos-of-the-week-ngc-1827-a-spiral-seen-edge-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/classic-cosmos-of-the-week-ngc-1827-a-spiral-seen-edge-on</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC98XurcymjZMWVvzCkcw1aq5LANzj8hoUN4BFXPtjAj5KLNqVLdV4SaUDhWymUT4Jktz8ixtoj1ZUXG2QhTYA4S2N3zDVFKrXkitmKYq2dF4zvGtPUmLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today in Space History - First Breath of Another World 🚀]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today in Space History - First Breath of Another World 🚀 Stardate 342.7480 (OCTOBER 18, 1967) On this day in 1967 the Soviet probe Venera 4 entered the atmosphere of Venus and began to transmit. For]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/today-in-space-history-first-breath-of-another-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/today-in-space-history-first-breath-of-another-world</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[KiwiThinker Flashback: Starlinks Before a Single Ship Was Recovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[KiwiThinker Flashback Today is CSD 3445.8421, Oct 18 2026 Two years ago I said Starship could start putting Starlinks up before SpaceX recovered a single ship. Flight 14 last month did just that: first]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinker-flashback-starlinks-before-a-single-ship-was-recovered</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinker-flashback-starlinks-before-a-single-ship-was-recovered</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[KiwiThinker's Log, Supplemental - Stardate 3445.8246 🌌]]></title><description><![CDATA[KiwiThinker's log, supplemental - stardate 3445.8246 🌌 A black hole the mass of a mountain would be smaller than an atom. #Q1Ls]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinkers-log-supplemental-stardate-34458246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinkers-log-supplemental-stardate-34458246</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VthYsU34hW8RK3MKW2xVJjcKVp25dFSugDuruqEc6N1Fn9m5kJENWVWRcbZTJwWCnYdXqDBDgqrtiTTn1bmJV5M9m4NbXH9Tb72MJHmnoi9gA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two October Seventeenths: Watchmen Above the Treaty and A Window on the Violent Sky 🚀]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watchmen Above the Treaty Stardate 132.2077 (October 17, 1963) In the small hours of 17 October 1963, an Atlas-Agena lifted two satellites from Cape Canaveral and set them on paths more than 100,000 kilometres]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/two-october-seventeenths-watchmen-above-the-treaty-and-a-window-on-the-violent-sky</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/two-october-seventeenths-watchmen-above-the-treaty-and-a-window-on-the-violent-sky</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Question of the Day: Would Any Country Let a Fully Kitted Roadster on a Public Road?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So the question of the day is: would any country let the fully kitted Roadster near a public road? Thrusters and all. Not for a stunt, just for the moment something's in the way and you need to hop clear.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/question-of-the-day-would-any-country-let-a-fully-kitted-roadster-on-a-public-road</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/question-of-the-day-would-any-country-let-a-fully-kitted-roadster-on-a-public-road</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:23:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC98XurcymjZMWVvzCkcw1d8BmKai9SZi27zsW59DQTHoBpZTnA19tFEHASHnnkcTwNYDF4iq7Z7YLoUCnb6Bp1oaB5DVV5vtMXdPsRnVbVfqXKYbAfimk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tesla Roadster: This Is a Real Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, I have to admit I have no words except this is not AI/SI. This is a real car. The Tesla Roadster.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/the-tesla-roadster-this-is-744</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/the-tesla-roadster-this-is-744</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-181335]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:42:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Grok Chat Handed Off to a Grok Bot]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a surprising experience with Grok Chat the other day. I asked it to do something fairly involved - downloading and processing material. Instead of trying to handle everything itself, it handed the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/when-grok-chat-handed-off-to-a-grok-bot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/when-grok-chat-handed-off-to-a-grok-bot</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4MR98uzpMw69QnsKYRNQH7yesELw5TVnnwr4gMrFpuxaHHw9kVAW5BSzPBjErjFDipHZNtvEYY6h2AV6sau3BPCXqki53gY4tZycT4ePxKTkfuhe6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two October Sixteenths: A Quiet Flame in Vacuum and Fossils of the Outer System 🚀]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Quiet Flame in Vacuum Stardate 447.7170 (October 16, 1969) On the morning of 16 October 1969, Georgy Shonin and Valeri Kubasov closed the hatch of Soyuz 6 and let the orbital module fall into vacuum.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/two-october-sixteenths-a-quiet-flame-in-vacuum-and-fossils-of-the-outer-system</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/two-october-sixteenths-a-quiet-flame-in-vacuum-and-fossils-of-the-outer-system</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:22:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask the Right Questions]]></title><description><![CDATA["My responses are limited. You must ask the right questions." I, Robot. Many talk about crafting the perfect prompt for AI or SI. Get the wording right, add a role, set some constraints, and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/ask-the-right-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/ask-the-right-questions</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4MR98uzpMw69QnsKYRNQ6mCwbj25ddTJrBFtrXnJ42oDgBkEgnDHwgrbxz1NQEYznedMy72KDScKmfjEzcD9vqXMkpoHBFMhNHQxzUJNXct8nnBcb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3445.5679]]></title><description><![CDATA[KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3445.5679. 🌌 "Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what is beyond." - Buzz Aldrin, astronaut #SpaceQuotes]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinkers-log-stardate-34455679</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/kiwithinkers-log-stardate-34455679</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:13:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Isaacman Effect - Week 39 | Golden Age momentum surges with nuclear propulsion deals, hands-on tech tours, and a major Artemis acceleration update on the horizon]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the Science: A Golden Age Summit this week, NASA and the Department of Energy signed a key Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate space nuclear power and propulsion. Administrator Isaacman highlighted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/the-isaacman-effect-week-39-or-golden-age-momentum-surges-with-nuclear-propulsion-deals-hands-on-tech-tours-and-a-major-artemis-</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/the-isaacman-effect-week-39-or-golden-age-momentum-surges-with-nuclear-propulsion-deals-hands-on-tech-tours-and-a-major-artemis-</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VthYsU34hW8RK3MKW2xW2dTr6DBDuoFHEN4CsGgqChqYG2vju4xPtwWCnGXnkYkeetdK1y4W6P74cmEoLvbaBKuskQoYLywBHuSXTZHYH5KuQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Renamed Units in Sci-Fi Pull You In or Push You Out?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever read a sci-fi novel that renames every unit of time and distance? I recently have and find it quite distracting. Years become orbits or cycles, kilometres become something unpronounceable. The]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/do-renamed-units-in-sci-fi-pull-you-in-or-push-you-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@kiwithinker/do-renamed-units-in-sci-fi-pull-you-in-or-push-you-out</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwithinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4MR98uzpMw69QnsKYRNQb4k9WMQ5JpKTkb3RJRBWcWFgYLJY8By4PDNNKVXfaLccYGnoMKp4ug1AqGcKsTkMjBLFoH19cawbmB65NaiMRYH7SrfriS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>