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The best thing about Twitter in space

Postby Doug » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:09 pm

The best thing about Twitter in space
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In January, crew members of the International Space Station gained access to the Internet for personal use, and NASA encouraged them to tweet anything that interests them. Well, Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan (pictured at right), in my opinion, is really putting Twitter to good use. For the past three weeks, he has been posting Twitpics of different Earth locations that are absolutely breathtaking. If I can't get to the ISS myself, I think his pictures are the next best thing. Read more.

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