Comments on: SpaceFest Report #2

By: John W. Clark

John W. Clark — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:56:56 +0000

All of this reporting on Spacefest and you didn’t even mention the artists or the art exhibition.

By: KaiYeves

KaiYeves — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:23:45 +0000

Apophis, 2036. I hope to be finnished with my surveys of you earthlings by that time and on my way back to Vega.
Actually, I hope to be on the moon and out of harm’s way.

By: Kelfazin

Kelfazin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:42:52 +0000

Since I was also there, you can look at the pics I took while you wait for Phil to post his

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11668723@N06/sets/

By: PsyberDave

PsyberDave — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:59:22 +0000

Buzz was just on the Howard Stern Show last week. He gave a very good interview, I thought. He had some stories to tell like the time he was stopped on the street by a paparazzo who mistook him for Neil Armstrong.

I think it is a little odd though, and a tad bit sad that he was promoting a time-share condo company when he was on the show. He mentioned a few times that people should call 888 7GO WINN or something like that to get a free vacation in Orlando (I think it was).

Howard also played a clip of Buzz on Da Ali G Show. Ali asked him what it was like to be the second man to walk on the Moon after Louis Armstrong. Hillarious! Buzz gently corrected him. I’m not sure if he understood the joke of Ali G or not, but he was kind and gracious throughout the “interview”. I especially liked the part when Buzz corrected Ali’s conjecture that one day we would send a mission to walk on the Sun. Buzz said we wouldn’t want to go there because it is too hot. Ali said he knows the Sun is hot, but we would go there in the winter. Lol. Talk about bad astronomy.

By: Quiet_Desperation

Quiet_Desperation — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:32:51 +0000

>>> Apophis, which may hit us in 2036,

I’ll be rooting for the asteroid. Sorry, folks.

By: Quiet_Desperation

Quiet_Desperation — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:31:06 +0000

I think I’m more tired.

I initially read “Spaceface Retort #2″.

Bed time.

But maybe one more go at the Bioshock demo…

By: Aaron F.

Aaron F. — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:42:55 +0000

Apophis, which may hit us in 2036, can be moved out of harmâ€™s way by adding millimeters per hour to its velocity!

Erm… how does the size of that velocity change compare with the random velocity fluctuations that come from living in the n-body nightmare that we call our solar system?

By: Design for MySpace

Design for MySpace — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:28:10 +0000

You didn’t share the pics with us. Neither of the cruise too. Are you planning ?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:36:44 +0000

I would really like to see a post explaining how this 20 year figure came about. What information, barring the Drake Equation exists to point in that direction. How did we arrive at that figure etc.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:30:05 +0000

I met Walt Cunningham once. He was lecturing on a cruise ship I was on. Nice guy.

Did Buzz have the bandages off?

By: amt

amt — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:26:40 +0000

Tomorrow is Sunday, Phil.

By: jrkeller

jrkeller — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:07:53 +0000

Here’s the Ed Mitchell clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv2IIHhBu5A

By: mightymau

mightymau — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:39:07 +0000

id love to hear your talk! do you have any transcript or audio??

By: KaiYeves

KaiYeves — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:37:45 +0000

Super cool! I just found out that I was in a library building within 48 hours of Neil Tyson, so that’s about as close as I get to doing cool things like this. I’d give anything to meet Aldrin or Shostak! I took an ‘economy’ trip to D.C. a few months ago and ate at Starbucks a lot. The egg salad sandwhiches are pretty decent.

By: Brown

Brown — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:24:50 +0000

Buzz Aldrin was there? How did his face look?

Damn that Earth gravity! If only Buzz could have visited some place where the gravity was, say, one-sixth of what it is on Earth, he might not have opted for that face lift….

By: Tom Epps

Tom Epps — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:23:18 +0000

Memories…I met astronauts Grissom and Chaffee when I was a kid–three weeks later they were killed by a launch pad fire, and a few years ago I went gaga to meet Buzz at a book-signing for “Return”. BA, I envy you you experiences!

By: Tim G

Tim G — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:30:16 +0000

Looking forward to those picturesâ€¦

I think you could combine evacuation with deflection to counter some asteroid threats. Say an Apophis-sized asteroid is detected a few weeks in advance with New York Cityâ€™s name on it. You may not have time to completely deflect it away from the earth, but perhaps you could deflect it to the Catskills and prepare evacuation of the entire area. Those with property in the mountains would need just compensation, but the costs would be far less than had New York City been destroyed. Moving impact areas across borders may cause a furor.

As far as the cruise goes…I wonder if the aurora borealis will be visible. I think we are far from the solar maximum, but early September seems like a good time of year.

By: Chip

Chip — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:22:21 +0000

Wow. That’s great. You know me; I can blab on and on and sometimes even use some big tech words, but that report just turns me into an appreciative kid again. Wow, and thanks for the look inside SpaceFest!