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elakdawalla

@SandyBoynton waah! That's where I live -- yet I am not there this weekend. I hope our paths cross someday. about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPad in reply to SandyBoynton
Andy Chaikin giving #spacefest keynote: "It's so hot [in Tucson] that Walt Cunningham now believes in global warming." #burn about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPad
RT @clmerle: "We need to probe Uranus." — @elakdawalla #SpaceFest about 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPad
17 astronauts. Which is AWESOME. Still, I feel irked they're all a) old, b) male, and c) white. twitter.com/elakdawalla/st… about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
If I am reading the Spacefest VIP airport shuttle manifest correctly, I'll be shuttling with Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, & Dale Cox tomorrow! about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @nivnac: #MERB sol 2969 - Took a full colour pancam image of a target called 'Sutters Mill' before an ~11m drive NE. 1:43 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for iPad
Haha @romenesko: CBC headline: "GARBAGE TRUCK LANDS ON SATURN." bit.ly/JXl9S7 10:14 AM Jun 1st via Twitter for iPad
@DrFunkySpoon wow. Vonnegut was awesome. He'd probably be tickled to know Andromeda is going to strike back. And so on. 10:12 AM Jun 1st via Twitter for iPad in reply to DrFunkySpoon
Awesome @cosmos4u: How the Dragon *really* came back - high-quality video from a chase plane camera released: youtube.com/watch?v=86l8Do… 10:02 AM Jun 1st via Twitter for iPad
RT @astrosaur_us: There she is! A pic of #Dragon on the recovery barge! goo.gl/YhB46 9:44 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad
@BadAstronomer Tuscon, Phoenix, whatever. (OK, friends from UA and ASU, do your worst.) 9:43 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad in reply to BadAstronomer
Great #Dragon mission summary with pics, by @astrosaur_us: SpaceX's Dragon returns to Earth goo.gl/ZttZY 9:40 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad
Me too! @BadAstronomer: For those asking why I'm going to Phoenix, this is why: is.gd/NlBYWB & is.gd/ctxuRG 9:38 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad
RT @RandomSpaceFact: Having trouble getting Planetary Radio feed in iTunes? Use the simple workaround described at: ow.ly/bhxQ7 3:59 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad
RT @PlanRad: @elakdawalla and @TheScienceGuy join me on today's 365 Days of Astronomy podcast: bit.ly/LKFCsA 12:34 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad
RT @SpaceX: First picture of #Dragon in the ocean as it awaits recovery. twitter.com/SpaceX/status/… 11:32 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
Funny -- there appears not to be much to say at #Dragon press briefing except that "this was a great day" 11:05 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
What's up with robotic missions in June: bit.ly/M0P6D0 Opportunity rolling, Cassini flybys of Mimas, Titan, Tethys 10:34 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
I put "collide" in quotes because there's so much space between stars, that stellar collisions will be rare bit.ly/M0EsME 10:12 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
Wow -- today's Hubble press briefing is about measurements confirming Andromeda Galaxy will "collide" with Milky Way in ~4 billion years 10:12 AM May 31st via TweetDeck

Name Emily Lakdawalla
Location Pasadena, CA
Web http://planetary....
Bio I'm the Planetary Society blogger, once a planetary geologist, now a writer and mom, writing about great space images and mission news.