I'm sitting on very flat surface here. Tiny rocks around my foot pads. The horizon is flat and looks perfect for digging!!! My robotic arm camera got some great shots around my feet. Is that ice right there?
I have recently been following a new friend on Twitter, the Mars Phoenix Lander. While I like to imagine a perky Twittering robot on the surface of Mars, something reminiscent of a Douglas Adams book, the actual voice behind the Mars Phoenix Lander is former CNN NASA correspondent Veronica McGregor. The Lander launched its twitter feed over Memorial Day weekend and has acquired over 15,000 Followers already, something the NASA team was not expecting.
"We got about 1000 new people in about an hour," McGregor said. "The funny part is that I had it set up to email me every time someone signed up. I went out to get lunch and my e-mail box had a thousand new e-mails when I came back. It sounded like a Vegas slot machine. My computer was just going ding ding ding." Wired.com
I am not surprised in the least by the large following. Twitter allows NASA fans to become updated more instantaneously than any other news service on the Lander's findings. Fans also get the chance to ask questions about the mission and engage with, if you let your imagination wander, an excited and informative robot on the surface of Mars.
Marta Strickland
Strategists & Planners
Comments (1)
Yes, it's very cool to get a tweet from Mars. Although many of the followers are interested in the activities of the lander, I think more like the novelty of getting a tweet from Mars. Check out my blog post, http://tinyurl.com/5pjhfj
Posted by Warren Sukernek | June 2, 2008 9:19 AM
Posted on June 2, 2008 09:19