Among them: cameras wielded by Madison filmmakers shooting a documentary about the legacy of NASA's space program.
The pair are using social media to hook up with astronauts, space geeks and folks who require to share their memories of John Glenn, Neil Armstrong or Sally Ride. A few weeks ago, Troy Janisch dreamed up the idea to capture memories of NASA fans as the countdown to the last shuttle mission swells crowds near Kennedy Space Middle to an estimated one million. They connected with Mike Klein, CEO and article director of WTN Media in Madison, and they quickly created a web-site and used social media to get out the word.
People participating in NASA's tweetup will be featured, as well as astronauts, expertise celebrities, and space program employees and retirees. Janisch travelled to Kennedy Space Middle in May for the earlier space shuttle flight, but bad weather pushed back the takeoff date and they didn't see it in person. Over three,000 people applied for NASA's tweetup event - a gathering of Twitter users - to get of the 150 coveted seats located miles from the launchpad for this week's flight.
"With this being the last shuttle launch, I thought would not it be great to capture the shuttle program from the everyman's view," said Janisch, a Poynette native who is social media manager at American Relatives Insurance in Madison.
Weather permitting, the last space shuttle launch is scheduled Friday at 10:26 a.m.
