NASA has invited me to spend the entire day of Monday, June 6 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA’s center for unmanned spaceflight).
All day long, I will be visiting the facilities where NASA’s unmanned spacecraft are designed, built and controlled. I will be chatting with engineers and scientists about upcoming missions and advances. Among other spacecraft, I will see the upcoming Mars Rover “Curiosity”, saying final good-byes before it is sent to Cape Canaveral for launch.
Throughout the day, I will be reporting live via Twitter (and other social media). Please follow my feed!
http://twitter.com/TweetReinhard (in English)
or
http://twitter.com/TwitReinhard (in German)
Twitter is a new medium which now has over 200 million users. Twitter messages (called “Tweets”) are brief messages of 140 characters or less. (This means they can be received on cellphones — but also on the worldwide web).
Although they are brief, “Tweets” may contain links to photographs, videos, articles, online posts or other material of interest.
You do not need a Twitter account to read the messages on your computer. But it would be helpful if you have one. (It does not cost anything). Having a Twitter account enables you to selectively and automatically follow updates from individuals, institutes and organizations, and it also allows you to “talk back”.
Hoping to see you in cyberspace!
Reinhard Kargl
Journalist and media professional currently based in Los Angeles, California. Focusing on science and technology.