Thanks to NASA and Twitter I've been selected to attend the STS-135 Tweetup. Only 150 people from around the world were selected so it is a huge honor. When i opened the email from NASA and saw that i had been selected my heart skipped a beat. I really couldn't believe it.
We will be treated to lectures from NASA engineers, managers and astronauts. One of the highlights will be the tour of NASA facilities. We get to walk inside the huge Vehicle Assembly Building, watch RSS retract the day before launch and wave to the astronauts as they drive by on their way to the Shuttle. The most amazing thing is where we get to watch the launch. The NASA press site is the most desirable place to watch a launch. It's only 3 miles from the pad and provides an amazing view. I am so lucky. Just keep your fingers crossed that there are no big delays! After the launch I'll update the blog with pictures and video.
Here's a link to a story by KRTV:
http://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-man-tweets-his-way-to-historic-nasa-shuttle-launch/
Picture courtesy of Lar DeSouza
Yosh and the Mighty Mo
Giant Springs is one of the nicest places in the country for an evening walk in my opinion. This was one of the few nice evenings we've had. As I'm typing this it's raining yet again. The Sun River is the highest I've ever seen it. I think it's a hair over flood stage right now and the Missouri isn't far behind!
Gram on the deck. It was a pretty nice day.
Yosh, Michael, Marley and Lilly