NASA is back. After 16 days of radio silence due to the just-ended U.S. federal government shutdown, NASA is back in action, and the space agencys devoted online followers couldnt be happier. Last night, when it was announced that furloughed employees would be heading back to work this week, a rep for NASA wasted no time in getting out the good news, tweeting this from the main twitter account: Were back and in the process of turning things back on! nasa.gov/ and #NASA TV will be up as soon as possible! Many NASA employees are thanking the Twitter community for keeping conversations about the agencys work going during the furlough by using the hashtag #ThingsNASAMightTweet. While this is obviously great news, the fight is far from over. Just how much damage was done? Well, earlier today, Phil Plait tweeted the following: Keep this in mind: The shutdown cost the US as much money as NASA gets in a year, with two more Curiosity rovers thrown in. So while, again, its great that NASA is back, we now need a stronger fight than ever to get them the budget that they rightfully deserve. Take action: penny4nasa.org/take-action/ Read more: cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/10/twitter-cheers-nasas-return-after-government-shutdown.html #NASA #Penny4NASA #SaveNASA #GovernmentShutdown #Space
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:31:47 +0000
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