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NASA grows audience, credibility through tweetups (AP)

In this Nov. 8, 2011, photo, NASA fan Susan Thornton takes a photo of fellow fan Tony Rice in front of an expandable habitat during a tweetup event for about 50 of NASA's Twitter followers at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. NASA is aggressively turning its army of Twitter followers into advocates for the agency through a series of VIP tours known as tweetups, where a select group of NASA fans get a behind-the-scenes look at its centers with astronauts, researchers and administrators. In exchange, many participants narrate their day to their followers through a series of tweets, photographs and videos. (AP Photo/Brock Vergakis)AP - Rocket science isn’t easily explainable in 140 characters, but NASA is asking a group of people to do just that with a series of VIP tours for some of its ardent Twitter followers.

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