SpaceFest and a Space Carnival!

This is a reminder that the very cool conference SpaceFest 2007 is August 17-19. I just looked over the website, and the list of guests has lengthened, with more astronauts, and — this is very cool — Joe Kittinger. Who?, you may ask. Hee hee. Read all about him, and be amazed.

I’ll be there, fawning over the astronauts and giving my Moon Hoax talk. It’ll be great fun!

Here’s my original post about SpaceFest.

Also, Fraser Cain of Universe Today has put up the latest Carnival of Space. Lots of good reading there. So go read them!

June 21st, 2007 4:03 PM by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Cool stuff, Debunking, NASA, Skepticism | 5 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

5 Responses to “SpaceFest and a Space Carnival!”

1. Kevin Says:
June 21st, 2007 at 4:08 pm

Oh, if I only had money to go out there.
2. Mark Martin Says:
June 21st, 2007 at 5:11 pm

Rich- Richard- RICHARD HATCH!! RICHARD HATCH WILL BE THERE!!! He can tell us what it’s REALLY like to be in SPACE!!! He rode the baddlestargalaktik-Uhhh.
3. Kelfazin Says:
June 21st, 2007 at 5:21 pm

I can’t wait. I bought my ticket way back in February when this was 1st announced. It’s been a long wait!! Hopefully I’ll be eating with Phil at the banquet
4. The Bad Astronomer Says:
June 21st, 2007 at 7:45 pm

I hung out with Richard a bit at WorldCon. We had fun. I met him back in 2000 at a Space:1999 con (I have pix on the main website if you search for them…).
5. Gary Kopycinski Says:
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:19 am

My favorite quote on this one came from the, “Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Veto and Executive Order.”

“I’m joined on stage by two good docs, really smart, capable people….”

The man’s rhetorical potential is beneath that of a baboon.

Complete text here.

Worth a glance just to reminisce sadly for the days when we actually had presidents who could speak the language.

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Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He's written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic and fights the abuse of science, but his true love is praising the wonders of real science.

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