Media is the plural of mediocre

A few weeks ago I signed up to take part in an event being held at Kennedy Space Center. As part of public awareness, NASA had hosted several Tweetup events in the past where active members of the social application, Twitter, were invited out to learn about the organization, specific mission, and get access to the compound. The intent was to help spread awareness among the public of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) by utilizing people that are active in social interaction, education, and photography and giving them enough access to share their experience. the past events had a large number of participants, however for this event only 15 people were going to be selected to take part. When registering, I had to provide writing samples, links to my accounts, and other information of my past experiences. Though I don't know what criteria was used, I was fortunate enough to be selected to take part in the event.

On Feb 9, the group first met up just outside the visitor center to collect our access badges, greet fellow participants (through various exercises), and tour the facilities. The correspondents each had various skills and experiences. We had several correspondents that were astrophysicists, some teachers, various NASA employees, and even an ex-shuttle technician. Everyone had been active in the Twitter and blogging mediums. Over the next three days, everone would be busy with tours, updates, and briefings.

Pics taken during 3 Day event: http://picasaweb.google.com/mblitch/SDOTwitterLaunchEvent#