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AlanStern

  1. RT @Stratocumulus: RT @CommercialCrew: Check us out and Like us on Facebook at Commercial Crew to ISS: on.fb.me/LtBGf8 about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. SpaceX showed today the professionalism of commercial space at its best. 10:17 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  3. RT @isalara: 21 May 1927 @NYTimes Front Page "Lindbergh Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours..." nyti.ms/KCP95h 7:24 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  4. Pluto flyby is 3 yrs away--already getting requests for talks this yr! Like to hear a talk about NH, Pluto & exploration? Let me know. 5:34 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  5. Hiking Green Mountain with Jordan this morning. Lunch at the summit. Back to see Sarah, arriving from NYC. yfrog.com/oea2hjhj 7:23 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  6. Dragon to carry supplies and student experiments to ISS this weekend: bit.ly/Jz8xTF 11:34 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
  7. Go Sen. Nelson for saying Commercial Crew to ISS without competition is silly: bit.ly/JzRVu6 1:59 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
  8. We sure do! RT @donslice: . @NewHorizons2015 you have the ultimate remote IT support crew. 1:54 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
  9. At Boulder High to hear my friend Phil Plaitt (The Bad Astronomer) talk SPACE! 5:48 PM May 12th via Twitter for iPhone
  10. RT @VK_legacy: This is on Earth but parts of Pluto could look like this, if there r cryogenic springs of Ne, O2, or.... bit.ly/LBYRGF 1:41 PM May 12th via TweetDeck
  11. RT @elonmusk: Launch T zero now confirmed as 4:55 am Cape Canaveral time on Sat, May 19. I will be tweeting live from mission control. 10:02 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
  12. New flowers for a front garden, garage cleaning, some exercise, & the inevitable weekend work, then Phil Plaitt's talk @ Boulder High 2nite! 9:18 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
  13. 6 am flight to SFO, on deck @Moon_Express by 9 PDT. Thk goodness for 1st class. On to Austin & to see a man who'se been to the Moon---twice. 4:57 AM May 9th via TweetDeck
  14. RT @skytland: RT @HarvardBiz If Ur Not Pissing Someone Off, Ur Proly Not Innovatin s.hbr.org/L670FL Guess I know alot of innovators. 2:20 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
  15. @katorthoma Do something good & someone will find a way to bash it. But we're raising awareness against cuts to NASA planetary exploration! 5:33 PM May 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to katorthoma
  16. @FLspacereport Todd is one of NASA's best. ...Should be a great lunch talk. 10:32 AM May 3rd via web in reply to FLspacereport
  17. RT @NSRC2013: Join up! Commercial Spaceflight Federation's suborbital researchers cmte inaugurates SARG Ambassador's: bit.ly/K4jnQB 8:06 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
  18. Go Moon Express! Go Commercial Space! yfrog.com/odg4tmp 4:41 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck