Comments on: Is anyone going to the Planetfest this weekend? https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/30/is-anyone-going-to-the-planetfest-this-weekend/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/30/is-anyone-going-to-the-planetfest-this-weekend/#comment-16884 alcaray Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:00:51 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=19126#comment-16884 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/eventlocations/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/eventlocations/index.html

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/30/is-anyone-going-to-the-planetfest-this-weekend/#comment-16851 alcaray Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:02:28 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=19126#comment-16851 I don't own a cellphone. Society is gradually removing me from its embrace. In another 10 years I will be a hermit in the desert. That aside, I attended the Deep Impact planetfest and the one for the first MER. They were both amazing (though Deep Impact dragged on for hours due to delays and some became a bit cranky... can't remember what could have caused the delays, now.) I don’t own a cellphone. Society is gradually removing me from its embrace. In another 10 years I will be a hermit in the desert.

That aside, I attended the Deep Impact planetfest and the one for the first MER. They were both amazing (though Deep Impact dragged on for hours due to delays and some became a bit cranky… can’t remember what could have caused the delays, now.)

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/30/is-anyone-going-to-the-planetfest-this-weekend/#comment-16848 Robert Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:17:19 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=19126#comment-16848 and Vger 2 at Neptune. That was a peak experience, and I still have the t-shirt and memories. I think what makes it so special is the knowledge that you're on the end of the same long electronic leash as the scientists, and you get a greater sense of participation knowing that you're seeing the data come in at the same time as them. It's so unlike those contrived PR events that NASA does to support manned space flight, where you can't really hide from the knowledge that there are astronauts and then there are the rest of us. At a Planetfest, you're one of the gang. Expect to treasure the experience, alcaray. You going to post from the event? How could you <i>not</i>? and Vger 2 at Neptune. That was a peak experience, and I still have the t-shirt and memories.

I think what makes it so special is the knowledge that you’re on the end of the same long electronic leash as the scientists, and you get a greater sense of participation knowing that you’re seeing the data come in at the same time as them. It’s so unlike those contrived PR events that NASA does to support manned space flight, where you can’t really hide from the knowledge that there are astronauts and then there are the rest of us. At a Planetfest, you’re one of the gang.

Expect to treasure the experience, alcaray.

You going to post from the event? How could you not?

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