Day

Been a long hard day. I'm jealous of everyone with the new 9700. It sounds like it gets a lot more out of its battery.

Thanksgiving is coming up soon. Lots of turkey. I love turkey.

Kinda blah today.

Sunset On Another Adventure

It felt strange returning to work and my normal life this week. Clearly the Nasa Tweet-Up had more of an affect than I would have guessed. Was it the people? Was it the message? Was it space itself? Who knows. I am not going to question it.

I have never been around another group of over 100 people who, for the most part, didn't know each other, that were all so nice and friendly. If only every one and every gathering was like this. It would be wonderful.

Clearly Space Exploration is important. And just as clear, many people have forgotten about it. Can you blame them? These are not the best of times. Regardless of which side you are on, who or what you believe, times are tough. But that doesn't mean we let something as monumental as space pass us by. Exploration is what we do.
Plus, I would rather be visiting the ETs first than have them visiting us. With our sci fi movies, tv, and books, we are all bound to think they are here to kill us, enslave us, or eat us. Gets good ratings, box office sales, or best seller lists.
Maybe I should write a story where the aliens are not here to use and abuse us. . . .

Some great places to check out -
http://spacetweepsociety.org/ A lot of the members of this group were at the tweet-up, they are good people.
http://savenasa.ning.com/

NASA Tweet-Up Day 2

Here is the correct link to my flickr pictures from the Nasa Tweet-Up. Yesterday apparently my copy and paste was missing the majority of the number at the end.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissaox/sets/72157622811798508/

I am very tired and just finished loading the pictures. I am going to try and get my husband's video online, but I am not sure I will make it.

Watching the launch from so close was amazing. The sound was so loud and the light was so bright. There really are not good words to do it justice. It is much better than watching from my back yard.

NASA was great to us and we would all love to go back again. Everyone we met, and there were a lot of you, was wonderful.

Day 1 Of #Nasatweetup

What a great time. I am so worn out, so I plan on making this quick.

First, pictures - http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissaox/sets/721
These are the pictures both myself and @dave_ox took.

We got to meet @astro_dave and @nasa and @rocky_sci to name a few. It was amazing.
We got to get so close to the launch pad, the one with the shuttle on it. The bus tour was great too. We saw the VAB and the crawler.
Somehow we made time for the 3D Imax movie and the ride that simulates a launch.

One thing is for sure, my feet hurt and I am tired. Tomorrow up early to head out to the park and get bused to the press site to see the launch.

Listing at Nasa

We are hearing from @astro_mike talk about the crew on the shuttle set to launch tomorrow. They sound like great people.
So far this has been great at nasa today. :)
Lots of cameras flashing and clicking. Lots of laptops and video cameras.
They are trying to get our netbook connected now. Doesn't look good. It just doesn't see the network. Blackberry does tho.