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NASA Live Tweetup Event with International Space Station (200910210002HQ), originally uploaded by nasa hq photo.

Today and tomorrow I’ll be here at Cape Canaveral, Fl at the first ever KSC hosted NASA Tweetup. I’ve already been to two out of three of the NASA HQ events (it’s helpful to live just across the river from DC) and am very excited about watching Space Shuttle mission STS-129 launch tomorrow.

You can play along from home if you like!

The UStream link for today’s broadcast of the Tweetup is:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tweetup

(You will hear a tone and see color bars until the broadcast)

Remember, the Tweetup will be broadcast from 8-10 a.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 15.

And the weekend’s schedules are:

Sunday, Nov. 15/L-1: Day 1

• 8 a.m. — Program begins with welcome by John Yembrick (@NASA), NASA public affairs officer
• 8:10 a.m. — Jon Cowart, Ares I-X deputy mission manager
• 8:40 a.m. — Wayne Hale, strategic program planning manager
• 9 a.m. — Mike Massimino (@Astro_Mike), astronaut, STS-109 & 125
• 9:30 a.m. — Veronica McGregor (@veronicamcg), public affairs, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• 9:40 a.m. — Miles O’Brien (@milesobrien), veteran space reporter, former CNN anchor
• 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Free time at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (Shuttle Launch Experience, gift shop, lunch on your own, etc.)
• 12:30 p.m. — Buses depart for tour of Kennedy Space Center. For the tour, you must wear long pants and closed, low-heeled shoes. Tank tops are not permitted.
• ~3:30 p.m. — Return to Visitor Center parking lot

Nov. 16/Launch: Day 2

• 8:30 a.m. — Meet at KARS Park 1, located on the south portion of Kennedy Space Center on East Hall Road, off State Road 3, to clear security and board buses
• 9:30 a.m. — Depart KARS Park enroute to the Launch Complex 39 press site at Kennedy Space Center via buses. No personal vehicles will be allowed onto Kennedy Space Center on launch day.
• 10 a.m. — Arrive at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Press Site
• 2:28 p.m. — Launch of STS-129
• 3:30 p.m. — Post-launch news conference on NASA TV (you’ll be able to watch/listen to some of this from the tent before boarding the buses)
• ~4 p.m. — Board buses (the schedule could change in the event of a contingency)
• ~4:15 p.m. — Buses depart Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Press Site to return attendees to KARS Park

The daily digest of Twitter updates is dead, long live Twitter updates!

The Twitter experiment was fun and lives on in the sidebar.  So, if you want to know what I’m up to, or be mystified by the latest inside joke and/or West Wing quote (a whole subset of inside joking), then look right.  Or, click over to the full on Twitter page to see what’s going on…

In the meantime if you have a strong opinion and really miss the daily digests, then, well, leave a comment, but even I was getting tired of seeing them so often.

• i heart huckabee! #
• just woke up #
• going to bed at 5am was maybe not the best idea #
• finally dragging myself into the real world #
• Just cut the grey ones please #
• things should be open until 5pm on saturdays #

• charlie wilson’s war #
• charlie wilson’s war… i suggest you go see it #
• blog editing #
• i love sleeping in at the beach! #
• primal questing #
• relaxing in the kitchen #
• high tech wine glasses… who knew? #

• i could use a mail order bride is what i could use #
• cooking with beer #
• to the airport and beyond! #
• We’re flying in a Lockheed eagle series L-1011. It came off the line 20 months ago and carries a Sim-5 Transponder tracking system. Are … #
• At the Z10 gate, IAD #
• DCist Quote of the day: http://tinyurl.com/28j2o6 #
• boarding #
• onboard, waiting for us air people to fix their little screw up #
• Onboard next flight. BOTH bags in the overhead (again). Also, two seats all for me. #
• 20kt winds = exciting landing! #
• everything is green here! and warm. #
• off to dinner with the fam #

• heading home via bookstore #
• tired. need dinner. etc. #
• i should be baking cookies #
• kuwait on the line #
• maybe i should have a regular tuesday suit #
• mmm… fresh baked cookies #
• secret santa. woo.hoo. #
• that wasn’t so bad #
• playing with new camera bags #
• i am quite ready to go home now #
• done, heading home #
• v #
• media relating #

• heading home via bookstore #
• tired. need dinner. etc. #
• i should be baking cookies #
• kuwait on the line #
• maybe i should have a regular tuesday suit #
• mmm… fresh baked cookies #
• secret santa. woo.hoo. #
• that wasn’t so bad #
• playing with new camera bags #
• i am quite ready to go home now #
• done, heading home #
• v #
• media relating #

• hungry #
• thanks god. the food is here. #
• A hundred years ago most women bathed once a month and they used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. #
• ok, i found the twister photos #
• going to bed now #
• at work working #
• http://tinyurl.com/2h6xaa #
• pb&j time #
• Hello, My name is Elena, I have 31 years and I live in province of Russia. #
• This fireplace was a favorite of President Andrew Johnson and he would sip whiskey from a charcoal keg while reading by its light. #

• I don’t have time for unfunny people. #
• 40 centimeters = 15.7480315 in (a lot of snow) #
• contemplating new camera bag #
• if/when you get married, um, maybe not so much with this dress, ok? http://tinyurl.com/25qct3 #
• check out photo caption! http://tinyurl.com/ypwa45 #

• the wind is howling! #
• proof reading primal quest newsletter #
• that was not enough sleep #
• universal panacea: http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001130.html #
• i picked 12 out of 15 games right yesterday and i don’t even watch football #
• Going to MT: http://www.ecoprimalquest.com/wp-primal/ #
• still at work. need pie. camera. etc. #
• heading home #
• better to be late? or bring no pie? #