[SGVLUG] OT: JPL presence at Long Beach Comic Expo this weekend

[Cheryl Johnson]

MMMM.
The one event that I went to offered passes online-- and ended before the 
posted activity occurred. I did not purchase a ticket, and found that the 
"Night of Champions" event was not occurring at all **The vendor had offered 
me those online tickets a week prior to the event,** and the place was 
deserted, and the event finished, several hours before the advertised 
Finale, so buyer beware! If the vendor folds, because of inactivity of the 
venue, be SURE you can get refund etc.
The second event was very lovely, although sparsely attended. I think they 
struggle to produce revenue for this venue and it may be economic to use it 
yourself because it is not in big demand. It was a VERY pretty place.
Cheri



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Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] OT: JPL presence at Long Beach Comic Expo this weekend


> NOTE: Sorry about earlier; some key combo sent off the email before I was 
> done.
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> Hi all,
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> I thought this might be of interest to some people in the group.
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> My friend Keri told me that the Long Beach Comic Expo is this weekend, 
> there is going to be an R2 Builder's booth there, and there will be a 
> couple of talks by some JPL engineers.
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> http://longbeachcomicexpo.com/
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> I'm probably going on Sunday, unless I get super-busy.
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> I really do not like their website and struggled to find the information I 
> cared about.  I'm distilling it here for all of you:
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> TICKETS
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> They sell weekend passes ($50) and day passes ($30 for Sat/$25 for Sun). 
> If you buy them after the convention starts, I think all the prices go up 
> by $5.
> http://longbeachcomicexpo.com/tickets.php
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> PROGRAM SCHEDULE
> http://longbeachcomiccon.com/lbce/_files/_2016/LBCE2016-ProgramOneSheet.pdf
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> JPL TALKS
> "Dawn Mission: the Asteroids Awaken" on Saturday at 1:30pm.
> The description is wrong in the program.  This is a talk about the NASA 
> Dawn mission, which orbited Vesta and then Ceres.  I might have seen a 
> version of this talk before--I recall a lot of Star Wars references and 
> some cute graphics.  There may have even been a comparison of the Dawn 
> spacecraft against a TIE fighter.
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> "Mars Rover Engineering: technology, troubles, and triumphs" on Sunday at 
> 10am
> This is about the design and operations of the Mars rovers and some of the 
> challenges they have overcome.
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> "Mars Rover Science: Instruments, Investigations, and Images" on Sunday at 
> 11:30am
> This focuses on the scientific goals of exploring Mars, focusing more on 
> the instruments than the rovers.  They'll explain what we've learned so 
> far and share some cool images.
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> R2 BUILDERS CLUB
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> Even though I can't find the R2 Builders in the exhibitor listing, I am 
> sure there will be one since she'll be manning it most of the weekend with 
> some of the other local builders.  There will be some droids at the booth.
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> Lan
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