Until recently, NASA did an excellent job keeping the terms “outer space” and “relatable” on separate planets. That all changed in May, when the rocket scientists at NASA finally decided to add some personality to a mission by creating a twitter profile for their historic Phoenix Lander.
40,000 followers of the planetary probe have been receiving updates since the lander’s touch down on Mars’ surface, when a tweet was sent reading, “I dig Mars.” The micro blogging site has helped NASA establish a rapport with the public like never before. Unfortunately, the Lander has been dormant on the red planet since November 11th, but if it should come back to life anytime soon, Twitter users could be amongst the first to know. However, they’d probably be better off without constant status updates on each grain of sand analyzed and the Phoenix’s narcissistic tendency to let followers know what it eats for lunch everyday- but that’s twitter for ya.
