One of the great revolutions on the Internet in recent years has undoubtedly been microblogging. Tell something in 140 characters, quickly and directly. No getting involved in huge reflections or great blog designs. Microblogging has triumphed and although in the US they are far ahead of us in terms of integration with the Real World™, in many places it is already common to find people who use Twitter more than SMS. The extension that this microblogging social network has had is such that it even allows an astronaut to socialize.
Until Twitter appeared, communications between an astronaut on any space station and Earth were always linked to necessary data and little else. I don’t even want to imagine what communication of this type can cost (both in resources and in $ or time) so it is impossible to write a blog (although it would be really interesting) but not tweet. So it didn’t take long for the first twitter astronaut to appear: Astro_Soichi**.
This Japanese astronaut is one of the most interesting and surprising Twitter users you can follow (behind @The_Rocker or a server @carballo, of course ;) ) since he daily posts photographs taken by himself from the International Space Station. But don’t think that he just takes random photos, he is interested in knowing exactly where the photo is from before posting it on his Twitter.
Las pirámides de Egipto se ven desde el espacio. Twitt.
Concepción (Chile) tres semanas después del terremoto. Twitt.
Puerto Príncipe (Haití) dos meses después del terremoto. Twitt.
Demostrando que también es un poco friki :D Pac-Man en Arabia Saudí. Twitt.
Londres, una de las ciudades que ha reconocido de noche. Twitt.
No sólo mira al suelo. Esta foto de la Luna es preciosa. Twitt.
Un iceberg de 5 Millas (8 Km) que encontrón en el Océano Indico. Twitt.
In short, Astro_Soichi, or Soichi Noguchi, is one of the most interesting Twitter users because although he updates little (and often in Japanese) only the two or three daily tweets in which he includes photographs are worth it. The timeline makes you happy and it surprises you with these incredible images.