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We got our itineraries today!! Hurry, give me some synonyms for excited!!

First things first...I really like that the final item on the "prohibited items" list is "PETS". I wasn't seriously going to bring Pupples... :) But good thing this was mentioned, because it seals the deal for sure now ;)

The first half of Wednesday, we will be touring Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This includes stops at the VAB (guess what amazing beast is sleeping in there?!), SLC-17 and LC-41, and the Countdown Clock. SLC-17 is #GRAIL is launching from and LC-41 is where the Mars Science Laboratory will launch from soon. So we are basically going to be up close to something that will orbit the Moon and another something that will orbit Mars. It's unreal.

Following this dream tour, we will be going back to KSCVC for lunch and then a mega superb lineup of guest speakers/presentations including the following:

-Jim Adams (@NASAJim), deputy director, Planetary Division, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, introduces Administrator Charles Bolden

–MoonKAM (@GRAIL_MoonKAM) presentation from the Sally Ride Science (@SallyRideSci) team

– Sami Asmar, GRAIL deputy project scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

– Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

-Eyes on the Solar System (@NASA_Eyes) demo with Doug Ellison (@Doug_Ellison), JPL Visualization Producer 

– Vern Thorp, manager, NASA Programs, ULA (@ULAlaunch)

. – Stu Spath, chief spacecraft engineer, Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) 

And my personal favorite: 
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@NeilTyson), Frederick P. Rose director at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (@AMNH)

Then Thursday morning, we have to be at KSCVC at 6am to board the bus to take us out to the NASA Causeway which is where we will view the launch from. It is between 3.5 and 4 miles away from the launch pad. That is an amazing view. 

I think I am out of words. I can't even process all of this. I can't believe I am part of this. 
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Also: 
Beginning at 3 p.m. on Sept. 7, NASA will broadcast the Tweetup program on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tweetup. Portions of the Tweetup may be broadcast on NASA Television, online at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.