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A Mars Update
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  Two months ago, the Mars Phoenix Lander began drilling and collecting samples to learn more about what is contained below the Martian surface. Meanwhile, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the planet to learn about Mars’s past. We’ll talk about what we’ve learned about Mars through these missions and what may come next as we explore what’s called the “most Earthlike planet”. Guests
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you probably know already, but they have someone from NASA (i assume) posting updates about the Mars Phoenix rover on twitter (with close to 30,000 followers)
but they do it from the perspective of the rover; they essentially give it a personality. cute, i thought, until "it" started talking about it's eventual 'death':
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix/statuses/856291496
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix/statuses/856292905
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix/statuses/856334661
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix/statuses/865823087
and i KNOW it's just some person at NASA, but it's still moving to imagine a noble little robot sacrificing itself to advance our understanding of the solar system and neighboring planets.
What is really blowing my mind about the entire mission is NASA's use of social media to spread awareness. Everyone I know is following the adventures of the Phoenix Lander through Twitter: http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix
As of this minute, mission scientists are interacting with 29,522 interested people in an engaging yet educational way. And to think they used Twitter to first announce ice on Mars! What an exciting embrace of new media technology and a reciprocated embrace of exploratory science.