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Posted by Chris Radcliff in Calendar on September 29, 2009
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Acapulco Restaurant (map)
2467 Juan St, San Diego, CA
Join San Diego Space Society members, family, and friends for a relaxed evening of fun at Acapulco Restaurant in Old Town. Anyone is welcome to attend.
RSVP to events@sdspace.org if you plan to be there so we can estimate the number of attendees.
Posted by Jeff Berkwits in Events on September 27, 2009
While almost always meaningful, in truth benefit concerts are a dime a dozen. What makes Poetic Social Mission Event: Moving Stars and Earth for Water special is the fact that private space explorer Guy Laliberte will be hosting the two-hour event live from the International Space Station (ISS). The worldwide performance, which will be webcast on October 9 starting at 8 PM ET, is scheduled to feature Al Gore, Cirque du Soleil, Peter Gabriel, Shakira and U2, among others, performing at venues across six continents. Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil, will be aboard the ISS as Canada’s first private space explorer, having arrived a week earlier on a Russian Soyuz rocket.
In celebration of Poetic Social Mission Event: Moving Stars and Earth for Water, Yuri’s Night has announced it will be sponsoring a special chat room on the night of October 9 to allow members of the global space community to watch this historic webcast together. To participate, viewers will need to install Microsoft Silverlight and then open the streaming video on onedrop.org. They will then need to open a second window at Yuri’s Night partner Spacevidcast.com to join in on the space world’s discussions of the performance. One lucky viewer will receive a free Yuri’s Night 2010 party pack complete with t-shirt, stickers, temporary tattoos, and other products ideal for hosting a Yuri’s Night event. For additional information, visit Yuri’s Night.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Astronomy, Calendar, Moon Society on September 18, 2009
October 8, 2009 6:00 pm to October 9, 2009 5:00 am
Location:
SDAA Observation Site (map and directions)
Tierra de Luna Rd, Tierra del Sol, CA
On Thursday evening, October 8th, the San Diego Astronomy Association will be hosting a special star party event at the Tierra Del Sol remote observation facility 90 minutes east of San Diego. The NASA Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will be completing its mission to the moon by smashing two large pieces of the satellite into the moon. The impact will eject material from the crater’s surface to create a plume that will be visible to astronomers nationwide. The SDAA invites interested members of the public to attend the viewing of this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Posted by Brent Bernasconi in Calendar on September 16, 2009
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Space journalist and author, Andrew Chaikin is coming to the San Diego Air & Space Museum. In addition to his two presentations, Exploring the Moon and Moonwalk Memories, he will also be signing his book A Man on the Moon.
His first presentation, Exploring the Moon, (10:30-11:30 am) will take educators on a tour of the moon answering questions such as: What formed the craters of the moon? Why does the moon always keep one face pointed toward the Earth, and why does the side we see look so different from the far side? Where did the Apollo astronauts visit, and what did they find? This event is for educators only and requires an RSVP. To RSVP for the event, click here.
During his second presentation, Moonwalk Memories, (1:00-2:00pm) he will share anecdotes he collected from conversations with moon-voyagers during his book research. He will also look ahead to NASA’s upcoming LCROSS lunar-impact mission, which will try to discover whether deposits of ancient ice await future lunar explorers. Moonwalk Memories is free with paid admission.
For more information, call (619) 234-8291 ext 119 or click here.
Posted by Brent Bernasconi in Events on September 11, 2009
This blog post is re-posted from thebernasconis.com, the personal blog of San Diego Space Board Member and San Diego Air & Space Museum Education Coordinator, Brent Bernasconi.
With the Friday night Race to the Moon event over (which you can read about here), I had time to relax by the pool with the wife since the Saturday event did not start until 5 p.m. Even though it cooled down a little, I still dreaded having to get dressed up and putting on my rented tuxedo.
A little before 5 p.m., I finally began the drive over to the USS Midway, a little later than I should have left. I arrived late but I still made it there before some of the other escorts. Once they all arrived (including the new escort who learned of her job the night of), we did a final walk-through and then had some time to goof around in the hanger deck (as you can see in the pictures below). (more…)
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