{"id":3791,"date":"2011-05-10T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T18:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2011-05-10T14:47:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T18:47:54","slug":"nasa-day-2-scrubbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/10\/nasa-day-2-scrubbed\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Day 2 {scrubbed!}"},"content":{"rendered":"

D<\/span>ay 2 at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center was no short of fun. The experience was just as AMAZING as Day 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below was the planned agenda of the day:<\/p>\n

Friday, April 29\/ Launch: Tweetup Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00 a.m. \u2013 Group picture beside the countdown clock<\/p>\n

9:05 a.m. \u2013 Astronaut Ricky Arnold<\/a>, STS-119 Discovery (March 15-28, 2009)<\/p>\n

9:30 a.m. \u2013 Astronaut Leland Melvin<\/a>, associate administrator for Education, NASA Headquarters, @Astro_Flow<\/a><\/p>\n

10:00 a.m. \u2013 Daire McCabe, designer at LEGO<\/p>\n

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10:30 a.m. \u2013 Lt. Col. Patrick Barrett, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Air Force ~11:57 a.m. \u2013 Astronauts depart their crew quarters for Launch Pad 39A ~12:10 p.m. \u2013 Tweetup participants (assembled along the road across from the Launch Control Center) wave to the crew as they drive by in the astrovan on their way to the launch pad …..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alas, the launch was scrubbed and NASA just announced May 16th would be Endeavour’s next launch date<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong> I am re-invited to attend and hopefully watch Endeavour soar into space \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

Day 2<\/h4>\n

Begun with a group photo at the count-down clock, but I missed it! Got in late from Orlando, blamed it on the traffic!!!<\/p>\n

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Astronaut Leland Melvin, @Astro_Flow, an inspirational story-teller \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Astronaut Melvin talked about how we shouldn’t give up our dreams. In his case, becoming an astronaut.<\/p>\n

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Q&A from the ground<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left: Not my camera, neither the Apple Macbook \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Interview and photos taken with Astronauts at the time piece<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Our Twent (Tweet tent) was facing the count-down clock. Feeling EPIC!<\/p>\n

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View of Press Site<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Legendary Star Trek actor, Levar Burton interviewing @Astro_Flow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It was a chilly and windy morning. We were all pumped with excitement for the launch!<\/p>\n

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Me with Astronaunt Ricky Arnold!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the midst of all the excitements, I managed to squeeze in a photo and short conversation with fellow Astronaut Arnold. As soon as he was made aware I am representing the people of Malaysia, he greeted me in our native language!<\/p>\n

“Selamat Datang” & “Selamat Pagi” \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– it means, “Welcome” & “Good Morning”! I was on top of the world. He told me he was based in Indonesia for a short period and visited Malaysia a couple of times. The world is seriously small, hats of to people like him who are making a difference in our lives.<\/p>\n

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I shared table with actors Seth Green & Clare Grant \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TweetUp participants line up to wave at Astronauts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

TweetUp participants lined up to wave at Astronauts in the Astrovan..<\/p>\n

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Best thing about TweetUp's is making new friends \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Astrovan came and made a detour! We instantaneously knew something was not right and quickly realized the launch was SCRUBBED!!!<\/p>\n

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Shuttle launch scrubbed!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alas, it was a beautiful day spent with wonderful new friends. Of course some of use stayed put for a while to catch a glimpse of President Obama and to wait out the horrendous traffic.<\/p>\n

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Momento for NASA with TweetUp participant signatures. A thank you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She was proposed to by her guy in front of the famous count-down clock! How cool is that?!?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

These two love birds got engaged in front of the count-down clock. Sweet couple \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Official Press Room<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In order to kill some time, I ventured into the Press Room.<\/p>\n

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ISS display at Media Room<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Was glad to discover miniature ISS and space suit was displayed on floor.<\/p>\n

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ISS display with a view of docked shuttle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There are 3 layers of gloves. But I only tried on the last 2.<\/p>\n

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Me, trying on an astronaut's 2nd layer glove<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>How ginormous did those gloves looked on me?!?!<\/p>\n

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3rd and final glove layer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Wow! What an amazing journey it was during Nasatweetup! I got home, and immediately tattooed NASA logo on my arm. Isn’t that cool? Don’t scream mom, it’s just a sticker \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n

I can’t wait to return to the Press Site next Monday, May 16th for Shuttle Endeavour’s launch reattempt @ 8:56am EDT<\/strong>! Join me on my journey via Twitter<\/span><\/a> and Facebook<\/span><\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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