Head of Outreach - Airbus Defence & Space UK. STEM Ambassador, Space Geek, Robot maker. Opinions & hair = my own.https://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lvxc2xpjts2wGodspeed Jim. 😔🚀09 Aug 2025 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxc2xpjts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3ltjqu5y27s2cFair to say I'm looking forward to Project Hail Mary coming out next year. Interesting to see something that looks like an Ariane in the trailer. https://youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?si=CFe_KTIgjuWRekVS09 Jul 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjqu5y27s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lseuzsoudk2tI needed a new suit for work. This'll do nicely. 😁24 Jun 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lseuzsoudk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lq3r5r6ns223New James Bond spotted paddleboarding off south Devon. Nah, it's me init. 🤗26 May 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3r5r6ns223https://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lpwgkkhp622i#HappyPlace #Devon24 May 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwgkkhp622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lpwewzgpqk2i#HappyPlace #Devon24 May 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwewzgpqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lpc627nns22bThis skeet is sent from a cable car over the Thames. 🚠16 May 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpc627nns22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lotikqulzs2qWhen I was a kid I loved building Lego. I was quite good at creating my own stuff too. But I'm crap at it now. There are just so many different pieces that do the one job they need to do. The creativity is all different. I liked having to be imaginative with the few bits I had.10 May 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lotikqulzs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3looaai5g722sI wonder why teachers are so frightened to engage with Raspberry Pi. I've just done an update and bricked my Pi5. 🤔08 May 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3looaai5g722shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3logfb4khic2sSending this skeet from onboard a hovercraft.😁05 May 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3logfb4khic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lobvqf55p22fTook Aragorn for a spin at #PortsmouthComicCon202503 May 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobvqf55p22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lobb5xcwlc22Who knew Minas Tirith had a park and ride? #AragornOnaBus03 May 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobb5xcwlc22https://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lnwvwr7t6s2lAs an Apollo nerd it's quite exciting to be spending the day with these people. 😁29 Apr 2025 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnwvwr7t6s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lnpnkeyruc2vGiving my vambraces a nourish and wax ahead of #PortsmouthComicCon next week. #ReturnOfTheKing26 Apr 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpnkeyruc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lmp5nghnjs2jLaugh it up fuzzball. 😁13 Apr 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmp5nghnjs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lmkj45ql5s2kWhizzing through the countryside on a train, heading south from London on a sunny spring evening really is a super advert for Great Britain. ☀️🐄🐏🌲🌳🌳🏡🦋 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃11 Apr 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkj45ql5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lmi6yfeqds23I seem to come up with my best ideas when I'm walking the dog. The problem is that I need to finish the ideas I've already had before I start something new.10 Apr 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmi6yfeqds23https://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3llqdu2twhc2xNo, it's not the first spacecraft to go into polar orbit. (Just go out after dusk on a clear night and look up). It's the first crewed spacecraft to go into polar orbit. News outlets should do better. I'm looking at you BBC. #Pedantic #Space 🚀☀️🧊☀️🧊☀️🧊🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀01 Apr 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqdu2twhc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3llj52f4cys2530 second pinhole projector with a biscuit box. We got it! #Eclipse29 Mar 2025 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llj52f4cys25https://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3llixdkpndk25This is great. Even more of the ExoMars mission architecture to be built in the UK. 👍 https://spacenews.com/airbus-wins-contract-for-exomars-lander-platform/29 Mar 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llixdkpndk25https://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3llhbxrhpb22bBeen experimenting with adding "emotions" to a robot. It's amazing how few pixels you need before the anthropomorphism kicks in. 😊28 Mar 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhbxrhpb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3ll5bmastwc2hThere's no such thing as "too many" robots, is there? #Maker #Robots24 Mar 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5bmastwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lkqtinmsqs2m10 years since we sent Astro Pi to the space station it's still going strong. Today I completed another CPD session with primary teachers, who will be sending code to space with their classes in no time!19 Mar 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqtinmsqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lklutevcoc2wSo. Electric State. Everywhere I look I see negative reviews. Is it in my top 10, probably not. Is it terrible. No way. Give it a go.17 Mar 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklutevcoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lkkpxerjds2lSo is this a Starship landing or orbital insertion? What's the plan for planetary protection from all those microbes and bacteria from Texas? (And unmanned again BBC, really?)🤔 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2g88y52y8o.amp17 Mar 2025 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkpxerjds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lkj5vg5in22mI can't believe it took me until my mid 40s to discover that unconditional love from a dog is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world.16 Mar 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkj5vg5in22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lkgwx3fu6s2nJust watched the ISS pass overhead and what I presume is a Dragon chasing along behind it. I've been ISS spotting for 20+ years (and Mir before that) and it still blows my mind to see a crewed spaceship with my own eyes.15 Mar 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkgwx3fu6s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnchinner.bsky.social/post/3lkbgvaohlk2jSecondary careers fair selfie.13 Mar 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:hatgomguyzx2pskhogogx4qa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbgvaohlk2j