News: First Twitter from Space

[caffienekitty]

Those of you on Twitter or interested in space exploration and history and junk like that, Astronaut Tim Kopra has become the first person to Twitter from space. Not exactly "one small step" but a space milestone is a space milestone. He hasn't said much, yet; the actual first Twitter from space is about as content-rich as any Twitter:

What a fun shuttle mission - especially w 13 people on board station. Life here is amazing - still getting used to floating!

For anyone interested, Tim Kopra's twitter page is:

http://twitter.com/astro_tim

and the full article from NASA can be found here.


There. I feel like I've just justified my subscription to the NASA Media release mailing list. :-D

Comments

[samalander-dawn.livejournal.com]

cooooooooooooool!!

Twitter really _is_ everywhere these days :D

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Agrees!

[caffienekitty]

Yep! It's a little scary, but cool.

[ciaranbochna.livejournal.com]

Well I guess that clinches me joining twitter..lol That is awesome!

[caffienekitty]

There are a lot of things to follow, but it can get a little overwhelming to try to keep up with. Also, you may find yourself randomly responding to celebrities, which could be good, or bad.