Comments for San Diego Space Society http://sandiegospace.org Exploring Space from the Ground Up! Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Yuri’s Night 2012 – San Diego by Viv Lyon http://sandiegospace.org/2012/02/25/yuris-night-2012-world-space-party/comment-page-1/#comment-42470 Viv Lyon Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:36:03 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=7411#comment-42470 Brilliant idea - see you there! Brilliant idea – see you there!

]]> Comment on Yuri’s Night 2012 – San Diego by Gerry Williams http://sandiegospace.org/2012/02/25/yuris-night-2012-world-space-party/comment-page-1/#comment-42468 Gerry Williams Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:08:21 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=7411#comment-42468 Bettina and I will attend, as my health permits. :-J Bettina and I will attend, as my health permits.

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]]> Comment on Yuri’s Night 2012 – San Diego by Tim Bailey http://sandiegospace.org/2012/02/25/yuris-night-2012-world-space-party/comment-page-1/#comment-42453 Tim Bailey Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:39:53 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=7411#comment-42453 Where did you get that great party pic? I'd love to be able to use it in other Yuri's Night promotions! Where did you get that great party pic? I’d love to be able to use it in other Yuri’s Night promotions!

]]> Comment on Yuri’s Night 2012 – San Diego by Cristina Della Rosa http://sandiegospace.org/2012/02/25/yuris-night-2012-world-space-party/comment-page-1/#comment-42449 Cristina Della Rosa Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:46:35 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=7411#comment-42449 My husband and I are volunteer with the Marie Drake Planetarium in Juneau, Alaska (mariedrakeplanetarium.com) and members of the board of Friends of the Marie Drake Planetarium. The planetarium has been run for twenty years by volunteers and puts on shows for the public, school groups and community groups - usually free of charge. We are visiting San Diego and would love to attend Yuri's Night out. My husband and I are volunteer with the Marie Drake Planetarium in Juneau, Alaska (mariedrakeplanetarium.com) and members of the board of Friends of the Marie Drake Planetarium. The planetarium has been run for twenty years by volunteers and puts on shows for the public, school groups and community groups – usually free of charge.

We are visiting San Diego and would love to attend Yuri’s Night out.

]]> Comment on Space Night Out by Erik Franks http://sandiegospace.org/2011/09/24/space-night-out-8/comment-page-1/#comment-42208 Erik Franks Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:29:17 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=6413#comment-42208 Looks like fun. I'll try to make it Looks like fun. I’ll try to make it

]]> Comment on Did you have some cake? by Chris Radcliff http://sandiegospace.org/2011/07/18/did-you-have-some-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-42196 Chris Radcliff Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:30:57 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=6053#comment-42196 The cake looks beautiful! Wish I could have been there to have some. Next time, though! The cake looks beautiful! Wish I could have been there to have some. Next time, though!

]]> Comment on There is Life After the Shuttle Op-Ed by Todd Massure http://sandiegospace.org/there-is-life-after-the-shuttle-op-ed/comment-page-1/#comment-42195 Todd Massure Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:33:27 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/#comment-42195 Thanks for this - I was one that has really been feeling like the end of the Space Shuttle might be a sign of the decline of the United States as a whole. Growing up in the '80s I remember the first Shuttle missions and a time before the Space Shuttle. For so long it has been a symbol of the United States, so I would be sad to see it go even if there were a viable replacement ready to go right now. I think one of the things I loved about the Space Shuttle, and what was so inspiring about it, especially as a kid, was just how cool it looked - a winged space vehicle that just looked like it was ready to fly off into the solar system and beyond. We all know that it couldn't, but in my young imagination it could! By comparison a capsule type craft just seems well, boring, even if it makes the most sense. I know that an interest in space exploration was a major factor in my motivation for learning about math and science. I know this is true for many, many others too. Luckily, the young generations (and the somewhat older ones like me) have these private companies to watch who are doing things that promise to be just as inspiring or even more exciting and inspiring than the Space Shuttle. NASA's new focus on deep space exploration is the next exciting step that needs to be taken as well. They have blazed the trail for the private industry, so it just makes sense to re-focus NASA to what is the far end of the cutting edge of space exploration. With NASA continuing on and the private industry being involved now, there can be even more opportunities for young people to dream of working in the space industry and even being astronauts. Thanks for this – I was one that has really been feeling like the end of the Space Shuttle might be a sign of the decline of the United States as a whole. Growing up in the ’80s I remember the first Shuttle missions and a time before the Space Shuttle. For so long it has been a symbol of the United States, so I would be sad to see it go even if there were a viable replacement ready to go right now. I think one of the things I loved about the Space Shuttle, and what was so inspiring about it, especially as a kid, was just how cool it looked – a winged space vehicle that just looked like it was ready to fly off into the solar system and beyond. We all know that it couldn’t, but in my young imagination it could! By comparison a capsule type craft just seems well, boring, even if it makes the most sense.
I know that an interest in space exploration was a major factor in my motivation for learning about math and science. I know this is true for many, many others too. Luckily, the young generations (and the somewhat older ones like me) have these private companies to watch who are doing things that promise to be just as inspiring or even more exciting and inspiring than the Space Shuttle. NASA’s new focus on deep space exploration is the next exciting step that needs to be taken as well. They have blazed the trail for the private industry, so it just makes sense to re-focus NASA to what is the far end of the cutting edge of space exploration. With NASA continuing on and the private industry being involved now, there can be even more opportunities for young people to dream of working in the space industry and even being astronauts.

]]> Comment on June Program Meeting – Artificial Gravity Research Facility by Dave Dressler http://sandiegospace.org/2011/05/17/june-program-meeting-artificial-gravity-research-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-42160 Dave Dressler Fri, 27 May 2011 03:16:09 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=5550#comment-42160 I look forward to learning a great deal about generating gravity where it doesn't exist. We are very fortunate to have Joe Carroll living in San Diego. See you there. I look forward to learning a great deal about generating gravity where it doesn’t exist. We are very fortunate to have Joe Carroll living in San Diego. See you there.

]]> Comment on “YURI GAGARIN’S VISIT TO MANCHESTER” by Peter McNally http://sandiegospace.org/2011/03/06/yuri-gagarins-visit-to-manchester/comment-page-1/#comment-42129 Peter McNally Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:13:57 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=5062#comment-42129 My mother and brother stood that day in the pouring rain, just to get a glance at the first man in space. I was still more than a year away from my own "landing"! My mum still talks of that day. Yuri Gagarin was a charming man, who met a sad demise. However, I'm glad that my fellow Mancunians gave him such a wonderful reception, My mother and brother stood that day in the pouring rain, just to get a glance at the first man in space. I was still more than a year away from my own “landing”! My mum still talks of that day. Yuri Gagarin was a charming man, who met a sad demise. However, I’m glad that my fellow Mancunians gave him such a wonderful reception,

]]> Comment on Congratulations Science Fair Winners! by Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair | Keegan Mann http://sandiegospace.org/2011/03/29/congratulations-science-fair-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-42123 Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair | Keegan Mann Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:47:49 +0000 http://sandiegospace.org/?p=5337#comment-42123 [...] San Diego Space Society Award [...] [...] San Diego Space Society Award [...]

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