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Fezman92
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posted 03-26-2011 02:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fezman92   Click Here to Email Fezman92     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was reading that back in the Apollo days, you could write to the crew and your message had a chance of being read to the crew during their mission. Do they do anything like that today?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-26-2011 02:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm unaware of any recent examples of mission control reading fan messages to shuttle or station crews, but a number of the recent expedition crew members (in particular) have not only read but responded to fans writing to them through Twitter.

TJ Creamer was particularly good about replying via Twitter, sometimes having conversations in real time through tweets. Paolo Nespoli, who is up there now, is also quite conversational on Twitter.

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