STS-133 is launching this week and twitter is flooded with the #NASATweetup hash tag. About a hundred tweeps are participating in the actual tweetup, while a bunch more are going down just to watch and revel in the nerdiness - and most likely to revel in the buckets of rum at Fish Lips as well.

This is my jealous face: >< (not the one in the photo, the one I'm making right now. And yes I know I used the same pic in two posts in a row...)

SO... to make myself feel less left out, I am proud to announce the VERY FIRST Rock and Sky contest!!! (The "Sky" part is a nod to all things space, fyi.) Here is the 411:

I am looking for the photo that best depicts the spirit of the NASA Tweetup.

Photos can be submitted via Twitter by mentioning me (@BlueSkeyes207) and using the tag #RockandSkylovesNASA

This contest is open from NOW untill 24 hours AFTER the shuttle actually launches, whenever that is.

Entries must be from this current launch/tweetup (sorry!) and from people actually in Florida or at Johnson (sorry again!)

You may enter TWICE!

The winner will be chosen by me and a random guest judge, most likely another spurned former NASA Tweetup attendee.

The winner will receive....

A NASA BACKPACK filled with amazing NASA swag!

Including medium format film from STS-46 - images of the earth and the shuttle, taken in space. Reads: Flown film.

So get to work!

Special thanks, as always, to the best satellite ever - the Solar Dynamics Observatory - for giving me a job that lets me be around all the goodies. To learn more about SDO check out the AMAZING website.

Edit: 11/9/10
Due to the shuttle launch delay this contest will be extended until 24 hours after the next anticipated launch - so the end of Nov or so. Feel free to tweet your entries, post a link in the comments section or email them to me: Aleya.littleton at gmail.com