Because we were the “social” media component, we were treated just like the media and participated in the NASA TV broadcasts. I was captivated! And very excited. I must have tweeted the entire time. Grabbing snippets was my forte. Apparently golf is Mike Yagley’s forte! This was one of the subjects, studying plating in microgravity, such as plating on a golf club. Many experts spoke, and included some of the big names at NASA.

Top, center: Michael Curie, NASA News Chief, Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX’s Vice President of Mission Assurance, and Kathy Winters, NASA Weather Officer

Top, right: Stephanie Schierholz, NASA Lead Spokesperson, Sam Scimemi, NASA Headquarters Director for International Space Station, Jeff Sheehy, Senior Technical Officer Space Technology Mission Directorate, and Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist

Middle, left: Steve Volz, Associate Director for Flight Programs, Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, Howard Eisen, ISS-RapidScat project manager at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Ernesto Rodriguez, QuickSCAT Project Scientist Middle: James Dean, Reporter, Floridatoday.com

Bottom, left: Michael Curie, Duanne Ratliff, CASIS‘ Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Liaison to NASA, and Mike Yagley, Director of Research and Testing at Cobra Puma Golf. Middle: Marshall Porterfield, Division Director of NASA‘s Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division, and Sheila Neilson-Preiss, Micro-8 Principal Investigator, Right: Niki Werkheiser, NASA 3D Printing in Zero-G Project Manager

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