The past few weeks have been all about logistics. You’re getting registered, booking your hotel and arranging transportation. We’re setting up the food, ordering the fun swag, and finding sponsors to help cover it all.
Now comes the fun part: getting together to talk about space!
We’ll have a whole weekend to talk—and we’ll need it!—but one set of talks is special: T minus 5. They’re as short as a Youtube video, as fun as karaoke, and as nerdy as a 3D-printed turbopump.
Get more details on the T minus 5 Talks page.
Anyone is encouraged to give a talk, and that includes YOU. A few that have been proposed already:
- Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society has something to say to the former 9th planet: “Get Over It, Pluto.”
- Francis French of the San Diego Air & Space Museum will tell us why the 12 guys who went around the moon had a better time than those who landed.
- This year I’m giving a talk, too, about how we can “Reboot the Franchise”, because newspace needs a new Trek.
What do YOU want to talk about? Write down a title and a sentence describing your idea and email it to me this week. Easy peasy! We have room for lots of talks, so don’t be shy.
