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150 Twitter users were selected, from over 2500 entries, to attend NASA's STS-133 Discovery shuttle launch, with special access at the press site, and two days of programmed events -- meeting crew, talking to astronauts, exploring NASA -- and to top it all off, to view the launch from the countdown clock. We formed an instant community (within hours of being selected) via Twitter, created a Google group, FB group, email lists, and 15 of us who had never met before rented a house, and started sharing space knowledge, social media knowledge, etc. 4 other shared houses came together. Our house, the Big House, was the hub of all activities. Never having met meant nothing to us. Our first night there we gathered (over 70 of the 150) and formed our space tweeps family. Astronomers, scientists, NASA workers, digital storytellers, educators (k-12 and higher ed), videographers, all passionate about space. The shuttle never launched. The communities which were formed out of this experience are still going strong. The entire week was broadcast on JustinTV by one of our colleagues -- sharing the entire NASA learning experience with thousands of folks. We're invited back to watch the launch when she's scheduled to go in February. This was an amazing use of Social Media, and a perfect example of the power of these tools, and how they can be used to market, share, teach, grow, explore, inspire.
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On February 24, 2011, NASA Tweetup ( www.nasa.gov ) participants (space "tweeps") witnessed the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) from the press site at Kennedy Space Center. This video gives a tweep's eye view of the launch. Appended to the footage of the launch itself are fragments of our excited chatter beforehand and our hyperventilations afterwards. There are better videos of the launch, not least NASA's ( www.youtube.com ). The purpose of this humble point-and-shoot montage to convey the exhilaration of seeing, hearing and feeling a launch so close (this is pretty much as close as it gets), among friends. ~Karen James (@kejames) Rated PG for mild profanity. My heartfelt gratitude to Stephanie Schierholz (@schierholz) and NASA (@NASA) for organizing this life-changing event for us and giving us the ultimate red carpet treatment. Thanks, too, to Rick Mann (@jetforme) for loaning me his very nice point-and-shoot when I lost my Flip video camera the day before launch, and to Andy Rechenberg (@therealdjflux) for letting me mooch his tripod.
Doug joined an auditorium-full of space tweeps at the NASA tweetup. He shared stories and answered questions for several hours. ...
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150 Twitter users were selected, from over 2500 entries, to attend NASA's STS-133 Discovery shuttle launch, with special access at the press site, and two days of programmed events -- meeting crew, talking to astronauts, exploring NASA -- and to top it all off, to view the launch from the countdown clock. We formed an instant community (within hours of being selected) via Twitter, created a Google group, FB group, email lists, and 15 of us who had never met before rented a house, and started sharing space knowledge, social media knowledge, etc. 4 other shared houses came together. Our house, the Big House, was the hub of all activities. Never having met meant nothing to us. Our first night there we gathered (over 70 of the 150) and formed our space tweeps family. Astronomers, scientists, NASA workers, digital storytellers, educators (k-12 and higher ed), videographers, all passionate about space. The shuttle never launched. The communities which were formed out of this experience are still going strong. The entire week was broadcast on JustinTV by one of our colleagues -- sharing the entire NASA learning experience with thousands of folks. We're invited back to watch the launch when she's scheduled to go in February. This was an amazing use of Social Media, and a perfect example of the power of these tools, and how they can be used to market, share, teach, grow, explore, inspire.
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Thanks for posting this on ScoopIt! @flyingjenny http://youtu.be/sAupvOylH7o @nasatweetup #sts133 at @sxsw 2011 Interactive