As rover's launch nears, 'space geeks' are all a-Twitter

Reporting from Cape Canaveral, Fla.—

The spacetweeps were full of Thai food and beer when they finally rolled back to Gale House, nearing the end of a pretty good day on Earth.

There had been bonding. There had been tweeting. There had been space, lots and lots of space.

"#spacetweeps and #NASAtweetup headed back to #GaleHouse now," they tweeted. "ETA 10 mins. If you're there we'll be there soon."   More Read