A thousand words

Where do 150 excited space geeks gather for a NASA Tweetup?  In the Tweetup Twent, of course.

The following are some of the talented people who spoke at the MSL Tweetup on Friday, November 25th.

During the first day of the Mars Curiosity NASA Tweetup, tweeps got to see parts of the rover and understand the pieces that make up this monster rover.

The Garden District was once a part of a number of plantations which were sold off in parcels to mainly weathy Americans.  The area was developed between 1832 and 1900 and preserves historic southern mansions in the country.

Bourbon Street in New Orleans is a famous and historic street that spans the length of the French Quarter.  Mardi Gras is a popular time for tourists to party and drink in the bars and restaurants along Bourbon Street.

This picture was taken inside the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library contains artifacts from the Gemini and Apollo programs.  Here are some of them.

This photo was taken in Dallas, Texas looking at the former Texas School Book Depository where it is believed that Lee Harvey Oswald fired…

This photo of the red phone without a rotary dial was taken from the Apollo Mission Control Room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston…