STS-133 NASATweetup

Well the tweetup was a big success except for one thing: we didn’t see a launch.

As of right now the earliest NASA says space shuttle Discovery will launch is November 30th. They are dealing with several technical issues ranging from a leaky Hydrogen vent to a cracked fuel tank. In the mean time many of us have gone home. But fear not! We will be back. As soon as we get word of an official launch date most of us will come back down to the cape to finally watch a launch.

Pictures of what we did see are here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/sts133tweetup/

Discovery doesn’t launch until Wednesday but the tweetup is in full swing!!!

Access to wireless has been scarce so don’t let the silence fool you. So much has happened.

All of the NASA Tweetupers in front on the countdown clock

• 1:00 p.m. – Welcome and introductions by @NASA team member John Yembrick
• 1:05 p.m. – Welcome video from Nicole Stott (@Astro_Nicole)
• 1:10 p.m. – Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• 1:30 p.m. – Stephanie Stilson, NASA Discovery flow director, Launch Vehicle Processing Directorate, Kennedy Space Center
• 2:00 p.m. – Jason Goldman (@goldman), vice president of Product, Twitter
• 2:20 p.m. – Astronaut Ron Garan (@Astro_Ron)
• 2:45 p.m. – Demonstrations (Group 1 – Robonaut 2 in Press Site auditorium; Group 2 – ACES suit demo in the Tweetup tent)
• 3:30 p.m. – Demonstrations (Group 1 – ACES suit demo in the Tweetup tent; Group 2 – Robonaut 2 in Press Site auditorium)

The best way to follow along in real time is with the following:

For tons more photos check the “official” flickr pool:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sts133tweetup/

And up to the minute action on the twitter list:
http://twitter.com/#!/list/NASATweetup/sts-133-launch

And live streaming of all the parties and events from @joelglick‘s hat:
http://www.justin.tv/nasatweetup

A news breifing thus morning confirmed that mission controllers are delaying liftoff of space shuttle Discovery until Wednesday afternoon. Event though they think they were able to fix the leaky valves from the other day, refilling the Helium system will take long enoght to push back the launch.

Discovery is now set to launch at 3:47 pm EDT Wednesday the 3rd.