Phoenix Outreach, ... or "That's the way to do it..." |
Phoenix Outreach, ... or "That's the way to do it..." |
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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
I have a sneaking suspicion that more than a few of the various Phoenix teams lurk here... and are probably reading these very pages right now when they really, really should be DOING SOME WORK!!!
![]() A special - and IMHO - long overdue congratulations has to go to Veronica McGregor, who we have often seen during NASA TV coverage of Phoenix press briefings. For those who don't know, Veronica is behind the Phoenix Twitter page, which now has over 18,000 (18,000!!!!) followers. When I say "behind", I mean, of course, that she is in contact with the probe itself, and takes the time to send it questions and write up its responses in "Twitter-ese"; the New York Times erroneously reported that Veronica actually writes the Twitter entries, and not Phoenix itself. Now there's "inaccuracy in reporting astronomy" for you... ![]() Having said that, I am less than convinced that "Steve The Cat" was a good idea. The idea is fun, and the site itself is too, but... well... a cat? Stuck on Mars? ( For those who don't know, Phoenix has a stowaway, in the form of a cat called Steve. Steve is living inside Phoenix as it explores the martian arctic, and has even sent back a message for his followers and supporters here on Earth.) I mentioned this idea once during a pre-landing Outreach talk. Once. Never again. I could see small children getting visibly upset at the idea of a poor liddle puddy cat stranded on Mars... I have just seen that Steve actually has a way of getting back to Earth, so maybe there's been a bit of a re-think about the first cat-o-naut on Mars somewhere! And if Phoenix does find evidence of life on Mars, I'm not sure how they're going to be sure it's native martian life when this was allowed to happen... ![]() Seriously tho, the Outreach support for this mission is great. I gave my first post-landing Phoenix public Outreach talk last Saturday morning here in Kendal, at the town's museum, and thanks to the Phoenix Outreach team I was able to hand out free Phoenix stickers to the 20 or so people who came along to see the first Phoenix images and hear all about the mission. I was also able to give them a long list of website addresses to keep an eye on after the talk. Great work guys, keep it up! -------------------- |
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![]() Junior Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 31-August 07 From: College Station, TX Member No.: 3568 ![]() |
What made me upset is they disabled my Phoenix Facebook profile on sol 100.
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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
What made me upset is they disabled my Phoenix Facebook profile on sol 100. ![]() Who are "they", Aggie? Facebook? NASA? Seems... oh, what's the word I'm looking for...? Hang on, it'll come to me in a minute... Ah, got it. STUPID!!! The more places there are for people to show their interest in and support for Phoenix, the better, I say. -------------------- |
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![]() Junior Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 31-August 07 From: College Station, TX Member No.: 3568 ![]() |
Who are "they", Aggie? Facebook? NASA? Ah, I suppose that'd be help! "They" being Facebook. The person behind the Solar Dynamics Observatory's profile is quite upset over this too and is looking to potentially get the NASA higher ups to talk to them to allow the missions to keep the profiles. LRO's deputy project manager (who runs LRO's profile) is saying the same thing. And because I'm Texan, I have the right to change the "Don't mess with Texas" phrase to "Don't mess with NASA's EPO office." ![]() Oh, and I should mention that because of Phoenix's profile, tons of other missions are now able to outreach in this way and it's showing the higher ups of NASA that social networking is a GREAT way to reach out to the younger generation. LRO's deputy project manager keeps bragging to higher ups about me because of this and has sworn up and down she's going to steal me from Mark. ![]() |
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