It’s amazing just how popular Twitter has become. It’s such a big deal that even astronauts use it! Not only are they using it, they’re also using the power of Twitter and Twitpic to beam images of the Earth back from space! Just check out io9’s gallery of Tweeted space photographs from Astronaut Jose and Astronaut Soichi‘s Twitter streams! It’s the next-best thing to being a space tourist yourself and a natural extension of the stupid astronaut tricks public relations coup!
I don’t think that astronauts really need any good public relations, but any glimpse behind the scenes at the projects we spend billions of dollars on every year is always welcome. If it provides some unique views of earth and its various natural and man-made wonders, then that’s even better. While we appreciate astronauts, I’m not sure we quite appreciate our planet.
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