Messages from space: a Q&A with NASA’s social team

Last week, The Onion published a story titled "NASA Social Media Manager Considers Himself Part Of The Team," ostensibly making fun of the wide divide between the responsibilities of a NASA engineer and someone who tweets all day. Though I love The Onion and totally get the joke (I enjoy goofs, I swear!), this particular gag stuck with me, and I’ve been trying to scratch it off ever since. That’s because I rely on NASA’s social media platforms to stay up-to-date with the space agency’s breakthroughs and announcements. I am the nerd who knows the social media manager really is part of the team.