There is a race for Space, and it’s taking place right here on Earth. With this year’s Shorty Awards, we have a golden opportunity to put Space front-and-center … a position that has the potential to encourage greater participation in Space-related sciences, to promote the various Space programs, and even simply to remind people to “look up.”
Currently, there are several Space Tweeps in the running for a Shorty Award. You can help Space win the Shorty race by casting and encouraging votes for each, in their respective categories. The nominees include NASA, SDO, astronauts Mike Massimino and TJ Creamer, Twitter ISS Alerts, Universe Today’s Nancy Atkinson, Journalist Miles O’Brien, Space Shuttle technician Jen Scheer, the AstronomyFM website, MeteorWatch founder Newbury Astronomy, and astronomy outreach enthusiast Tavi Greiner (that’s me!).
I’ve compiled a hyperlinked list to make voting a little easier. Simply click on the various links, select the appropriate category from the little dropdown (this is important!), state your reason for voting, and click “Tweet Your Vote.” You can vote for more than one tweep in each category (such as the three in #science), but only once per tweep per category.
NASA in #government … Vote Here
NASA_SDO (SDO) in #science … Vote Here
twisst (Twitter ISS Alerts) in #science … Vote Here
FlyingJenny (Jen Scheer) in #science … Vote Here
Nancy_A (Nancy Atkinson) in #journalist … Vote Here
TaviGreiner (that’s me) in #education … Vote Here
Astro_Mike (Mike Massimino) in #travel … Vote Here
Astro_TJ (TJ Creamer) in #tech … Vote Here
Miles O’Brien in #journalist … Vote Here
Astronomy.FM in #astronomy … Vote Here
NewburyAS (Newbury Astronomy) in #science … Vote Here
* If you know of any other SpaceTweeps in other categories, please share them in the comments section and I’ll add them to the list.
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