[SGVLUG] OT: JPL open house and Thunderbirds at March ARB thisweekend

[Joel Witherspoon]

JPL needs to update their wikipedia page. The new control center looks
*Way*better and way more ominous. There were long lines everywhere
but, they
moved at a good clip.

One thing about the JPL people: they are super nice and super helpful. It
looks like a fun place to work. It was good for my kids to see scientists
that were friendly and open.

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> you know, i meant to include a couple of warnings and suggestions:
>
> Regarding the JPL open house.  Note the restrictions:
>
> > The following items are not permitted at this NASA/JPL Event: weapons,
> explosives, incendiary
> > devices, dangerous instruments, alcohol, illegal drugs, pets, all types
> of skates including skateboards,
> > segways and bicycles. No bags, backpacks or ice chests are allowed, with
> the exception of small
> > purses and diaper bags.
>
> I'm assuming you can bring water bottles but it might be best to have
> clear containers if you can.
> I would advise getting there as early as possible as some of the
> exhibits can get crowded such as the mars rover exhibits.  If you have
> young kids, they usually demonstrate traversing rough terrain by
> rolling over the kids on the floor (a light robot of course).  The
> Phoenix Mars lander is suppose to touch down end of the month so I'm
> sure there'll be a lot on that.  If possible check out the Space
> Flight Operations Center viewing gallery which is where they track all
> the space probes on the big screens.  I usually try to look for the
> computers running Unix vs PCs.
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Miguel Hernandez <migtek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That looks like loads of fun, Claude! The JPL Open House seems like a
> great
> > place to take the kids. :)
> >
> > thanks,
> > --miguel
>
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