More threats by @Rogozin over Russia's attack on #Ukraine "Roskosmos has warned OneWeb that if it does not provide a guarantee that its satellites will not be used for military purposes by 21:30 Moscow time on March 4, then the Soyuz-2.1b rocket will be removed from the launch." https://t.co/ZrXBdU5Dfb — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 2, 2022 Now @Rogozin is making demands on the ownership of companies like @OneWeb who have […]

Keith’s note: NASA PAO and SMD have repeatedly told me that the NASA Astrobiology program’s Twitter account @NASAAstrobio and its official website would be unable to link to or follow my twitter account @Astrobiology (with nearly 22,000 followers) or its companion website Astrobiology.com which ranks in the 3rd – 4th search results for “astrobiology” on Google, Yahoo etc. – globally – and has for decades (since 1996 to be exact). […]

Keith’s note: If you have been paying attention to NASA’s press releases this past week you know that there a series of NASA social media events at all of NASA’s field centers next week. NASA does a lot of these events and goes out of its way to issue invitations for people to apply to attend. You can see the announcements for all of them here – all except one. […]

Mackwell: #LPSC2014 trending on Twitter this week, especially during NASA night. he gives a caution: be careful what you put out there — Ryan N. Clegg (@Ryan_Clegg) March 19, 2014 .@lpimeetings so … you & Jim Green think its better to tweet nice happy things than to speak the truth? Not very good advice. #LPSC2014 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 19, 2014

Keith’s note: According to this high level analysis of the impact of Twitter using the hashtag #WhatIsNASAFor between 7-10 February, a total of 17,597,370 impacts were made. On this chart Twitter impacts are calculated by multiplying the number of tweets someone makes times the number of followers they have. Personally I think “reach” and “impact” are more complex than this – but this gives you a general idea of the […]

Keith’s 25 October update: Erika Vick and NASA PAO have declined to respond to a series of questions regarding this Twitter account. Perhaps that explains why @ExperienceNASA has been taken offline. Keith’s note: Apparently the operation of the @ExperienceNASA Twitter account is part of Erika Vick’s official duties at NASA. It is not clear what NASA program(s) this activity supports or what the guidelines are for what is proper content […]

Keith’s note: Have a look at the Twitter account @ExperienceNASA. It describes itself as “Welcome to your one-stop shop for opportunities to participate in/contribute to NASA goals/missions! Need help? Ask me! Washington, DC nasa.gov”. This site is openly operated by NASA civil servant Erika Vick from her desk during the work day as part of her job as executive secretary of the NASA Advisory Council Education and Public Outreach Subcommittee. […]

Keith’s note: NASA has lots of Twitter accounts and websites – more than any other Federal agency – by far. But as NASA PAO AA David Weaver recently said at a NASA Advisory Council EPO Subcommittee (and I paraphrase) “clearly quantity does not always equal quality”. Virtually every NASA project, program, center – and mission – has at least one (sometimes more) Twitter account and website. In the case of […]

.@NASA leaders, #Boeing official, all former astronauts check out the #CST100 #americanmade spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/uzo8vkCano — Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) August 19, 2013 Keith’s note: Correct me if I am wrong but I do not seem to recall an official NASA Twitter account using the #americanmade hashtag for tweets about SpaceX, Orbital, Bigelow, or SNC spacecraft. Is this part of a new NASA media strategy for commercial space? They don’t use […]

How Twitter Changed NASA Communications, Mediabistro “At Mediabistro’s AllTwitter Marketing Conference, NASA’s social media manager said that Twitter has created a once-in-a-lifetime change in the way the space agency communicates with the world.” Marc’s note: I remember attending the Participatory Exploration Summit at NASA Ames in 2007 where Biz Stone introduced Twitter to the audience. Ironically the conference was using now-defunct Jaiku for social participation. But afterwards Twitter began to […]