Follow Apollo Mission "Tweets," 40 Years Later
Written by Anne Minard
Credit: NASA
This is just cool.
Nature, the publishing group, is mixing the old with the new by "tweeting" the Apollo 11 moon mission as it happened — 40 years later. Followers on Twitter will be able to read about technical milestones, political challenges, and related events in the space race starting today, just over a month before the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
Apollo 11's Twitter profile is here — and since the announcement this morning, already boasts 110 followers. The tweets will chronicle the Apollo 11 crew's journey to the moon and back, and taper off during the weeks following the mission to give followers the context surrounding the moon mission and its implications for science and the wider world.
Source: Nature News. More information is available in an accompanying blog.
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June 18th, 2009 at 2:25 am
cool! I'll go follow them. Great idea
June 18th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Wow, does Tweet totally ROCK or what?
RT
http://www.anonymity.tk
June 24th, 2009 at 7:42 am
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