NASA, Twitter and Beyond
Jupiter takes a hit (NASA / JPL / IRTF)
At fusedlogic we continually watch, learn and observe trends happening within the social web. Essentially, we’re observing numerous examples of good and bad uses of the social web, while also analyzing new technologies and tactics. One example of this is below. To show our support for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and landing on the Moon, we’ve put together a (not so) short list of sources related to one of our passions internally here at fusedlogic: NASA! This organization is becoming ever more adept at leveraging the social web. From its ever growing use of Twitter starting back in March 2007 and continuing with the Mars Phoenix Twitter account back in December 2008 – famous for tweeting about “ice on Mars,” (here’s a Wired article covering the event) – to today’s fury of events including the fact that “Jupiter” is trending on Twitter today due to a collision with a comet. Jupiter, which is 10 times larger than our planet with atmospheric temperatures -108.15C° and experienced its last asteroid hit in 1994. Interestingly, this recent impact on Jupiter is the size our blue planet, kind of scary if you ask me…
Without further ado:
Information on the Apollo 11 re-creation:
NASA Multimedia:
Video:
*We recommend you copy this link into a program like VLC to watch.
Pictures:
NASA Twitter Accounts:
- Official NASA Account
- NASA Tweetup Account
- Mars Phoenix Lander
- Mars Rovers (Spirit & Oppy)
- Mars Curiosity Rover (Launching 2011)
- Cassini Equinox Mission (to Saturn)
- Kepler Planet Search
STS-127
STS-125
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Hash Tags:
One of the most technologically capable organizations on our planet is proving that it also understands human beings and human nature. Specifically, our need to share, communicate and explore things larger than ourselves. The social web has become a new frontier that NASA has successfully integrated into its daily operations: Twitter in space, cameras that allow us to experience a day in the life of a solid rocket booster and turning astronauts back into the heroes of yesteryear.
Apollo 11 united the planet around a single moment in human history, just like today’s social web is bringing the earth’s population ever closer. Maybe Neil summed it up best regarding NASA’s use of social media: “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
What’s your favourite space-related memory (abductions don’t count)? Let us know in the comments.
If you have any other online NASA assets that you think are cool, please feel free to share them below.
