The importance of telling stories…
Spurred on by @SpaceKate and her recent blog post about the talk in Pontefract by Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke, I thought I’d post something here as I’ve been thinking a lot about this the past...
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The First International Space Exploration Symposium in Japan
I will be attending a two day symposium organized by JAXA in Tokyo. The theme is Space Exploration for Humanity and the Future. It will open Tuesday October 30 at 1300, Japan time. The complete program...
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SpaceUp Poland is coming!
#SpaceUp events are doing great in Europe. After @SpaceUpEU and @SpaceUpStuttgart it is time for Warsaw to be the host of @SpaceUpPL! Expression #SpaceUp rings a bell for more and more people around...
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SpaceUp Poland Livestream!
During this weekend (24-25th of November) SpaceUp Poland will take place in Warsaw. It is great opportunity to meet people who are fascinated by space and excellent chance to discuss with them and...
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SpaceUp Saudi Arabia: A story worth being told!
A small group of female Saudi spacetweeps has taken the challenge to organize the first SpaceUp Unconference in the Middle East. It is really great to see the US-born SpaceUp movement now quickly...
View ArticleThoughts on the future of Mars colonization via situ fabrication
Many projects are working on Three-D printing and in situ resource utilitization. Maybe I don’t read enough, but the discussion and popularization seems to have not surpassed some obscurity on the...
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Spacetweeps in the Arctic: Join #AuroraTweetup
One of the greatest benefits of being part of the #spacetweeps community are the great events that are organized. These events are the best way to turn a space passion into a true space ambassadorship...
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NASA’s new Social Media Credentials tweetup model
Social media is one of the fastest evolving new media in society. Tools and methods seem to success each other at ever increasing rates, making it difficult to stay on top of the latest, even for the...
View ArticleHey Space Tweeps! Please tag yourself in this Google-map by @reubenmetcalfe
Hey everyone – thought this would be a useful tool to help connect international Space-peeps on a local level: Click here to view the map – feel free to tag where you live/work, and any other...
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Lego Space Sets? You can make it happen!
Hi all! I’m John and for most SpaceTweeps that know me I can be summed up in about two words: Lego and Space! I’m here to let you know that if you (or someone in your SpaceTweep family) loves Lego...
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Five Mistakes to Avoid in Corporate Social Media
Social media offer great opportunities and benefits for the space business. This should not be a new message to corporate communication, customer service and public outreach professionals....
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SpaceUp Paris, T-64 days!
When I could not make it to SpaceUp Europe in last september, I jokingly told Damien, a friend who was attending, that maybe we should co-host together the first french SpaceUp. He came back with a...
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The future of space outreach
NASA announced yesterday that it would suspend all public outreach and education efforts per immediately, as an effect of the sequestration measures of the US government. The original internal NASA...
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Outreach from space: The ISS Effect
Just like many of you I have been following many astronauts during training, mission, return and whatever happens after return. For us spacetweeps it is great to see what it means to be an astronaut....
View ArticleWorld Space Week 2013 with MarsTweetup on 5th October 2013
This year’s World Space Week motto is: Exploring Mars. Discovering Earth. From 4-10 October 2013, more than twenty organizations spread across four continents will be exploring Mars – and discovering...
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LADEE, first flight to the moon from Wallops Flight Facility
Of course everyone reading this knows about the #NASASocial event for the launch of the LADEE mission to Lunar orbit happening this week on Thursday (9/5) and Friday (9/6). Follow...
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#LADEE #NASASocial 2013/09 5, 6
The LADEE social was a magical experience. This is us, Thursday, at the WFF Pad 0B with LADEE. Space tweeps at Pad 0B @NASASocial The Minotaur launch lit up Chicoteague Bay in a way that’s hard to...
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The Space Tweep Society European Branch
It’s been two years since the European Space Agency (ESA) first opened it’s doors to Space enthusiasts, and already the SpaceTweeps community has grown into a vibrant solid group in Europe, with new...
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Scott Carpenter – A tribute to a curious but ordinary superman
“Conquering fear is one of life’s greatest pleasures and it can be done in a lot of different places.“ – Scott Carpenter, May 1st 1925 – October 10, 2013- Scott Carpenter, a curious but ordinary...
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We *are* going to Mars, so why are we denying it?
Ever since the retirement of the Shuttle and the completion of Station assembly, the most current question in the Space world has been “what’s next?“. The obvious answer in everybody’s mind seems to be...
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