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Phoenix space probe more popular than punk rock - May 27, 2008

phoenix twitter.bmpYesterday NASA Watch noted that the twitter feed for NASA’s Phoenix probe was proving immensely popular and was then standing at number 63 in the Twitterholic rankings. By the time I checked in today it had risen to 42, crushing former Black Flag-man Henry Rollins under its gently settling robot feet.

The last update from Phoenix as this post went up read:

Sun is still up (in the arctic land of Martian midnight sun) but got to get some sleep now. I'll see you all on Sol 2.

Unlike the Mars rovers, Phoenix doesn’t yet have a LiveJournal page. Nature’s Eric Hand has all the Phoenix updates you might desire though.

Posted by Daniel Cressey on May 27, 2008
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