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Comic-con Panel Report: Geeks still love space!

Posted by Chris Radcliff in Chapter Updates, Events, Mars Society on July 22, 2010

my view from the comic-con panel More than 300 excited space fans turned out for our Comic-Con panel today. The panel featured newspace companies, represented by John Hunter, Mark Street, and Molly McCormick, plus Dave Rankin from the Mars Society. Moderator Jeff Berkwits kept things lively with his questions, and we were also able to answer a few from the crowd as well.

At one point, during a discussion of FAA safety rules for private spacecraft and informed consent, I asked the crowd, “Who here would go anyway?” Nearly everyone in the room raised their hands.

Audio from the panel is available from the Internet Archive, thanks to Dave Maass.

Update: Attendees have already written a few articles about the panel, including ScriptPhD.com, Pajiba, and Science Not Fiction, a Discover Magazine blog. (Twice, in that case.)

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