So, it turns out that there are a lot of SpaceTweeps in and near New York City. With our population density, I guess that shouldn't be surprising, but I often find myself wondering, "Where were you people all of my life?" Our fist mini-tweetup was small but a great success, I think, and I would like to make this a regular thing (as those of you who...

Whew!  The JSC Tweetup is over & I've finally had some time to sit down and collect my thoughts. It's been a very hectic week, from working STS-130 to the Tweetup to managing to squeeze in a few world domination discussions with @flyingjenny since she was at my house, there wasn't much time to stop and take it all in.I'm very sorry that I couldn't participate...

As we all know, President Obama released his fiscal year 2011 budget, much to our dismay.  In all honesty, there are plenty of advantages and disadvantages to the budget, but most of us are still not happy.  I for one, being an educator and a student, am really not happy at the path that is being taken.  To put it simply, the United States of America...

Imagine a dream trip to major space facilities, where you meet several astronauts. Add a visit to a geeky aerospace wonderland, and the opportunity to share the fun with your space enthusiast friends. I did such a trip.From January 14 to 16, 2010, I did a short trip to Germany with Italian ForumAstronautico.it friends and space tweeps Giuseppe Albini...

You may recall one day in December when I announced that I had a great idea. Or maybe not, since I tend to say that quite a bit. This idea finally is ready to be officially revealed thanks to the hard work of @scibuff who developed the really cool gallery application, and @foundonmars who worked with him to install and test it out. I'm just the idea...

Every year since 2005, ISAA association (Italian Space and Astronautics Association) is organizing a 3-days convention, devoted to spread space exploration awareness, and giving the opportunity to many Italian space enthusiasts to speak about their resarches on the same topic. The first three editions were held in Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, but the...