January 29, 2004
meetup on mars
Not enough Space Exploration Enthusiasts near San Mateo County, CA can make it, so this month's Meetup is cancelled. Don't despair! Your Meetup may well happen next month - be sure to spread the word!
OK. Consider this "spreading the word". Sign up. Surely I'm not the only "Space Explroation Enthusiast near San Mateo County" but apparently I'm the only one in the area signed up. The next closest is all the way over in Sacremento.
Let's grow this thing and see if we can connect up enough to start getting together in person. If you're not in my area, sign up and get it goin' for your's. IRC and weblogs are nice, but wouldn't it be more fun over a sandwich or a beer? Posted by asa at January 29, 2004 11:30 PM
Wow. You know, the local one for me would be in the Pasadena area. Wonder who might show up at that? :)
(BTW, did you see my silly Despair humor I posted today? I sent it to Drs. Squyres and Bell and got a happy response from Squyres)
Posted by: Susan Kitchens on January 29, 2004 11:55 PMSusan, that's awesome. I agree that your poster is one of the best Mars humor images I've seen. That's very cool to hear back from Dr. Squyres.
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on January 30, 2004 12:21 AM:) shrug what can I say? You go to the cornell site, and click whatever staff link, and lo, there's his email. What else could a grrl with a funny poster do? ; )
Posted by: Susan Kitchens on January 30, 2004 12:52 AMAsa,
This is the first I heard about the meetup. I live in San Mateo County, just north of Half Moon Bay. I'm also the webmaster for the bay area chapter of the Mars Society and could post the Meetup on our site which might bring a few local enthusiasts out of the woodwork. OTOH, despite all the great Mars news lately, we've had very poor attendance for our almost monthly chapter meetings. The last meeting was in November and there were 4 of us present- for the whole bay area! I think the hard core members got a little burned out over the last couple of years of lean public interest in the subject. I'm hoping we get a much better turnout for our next meeting- Feb. 22 in Alameda- including some new faces. In the meantime, I'll look forward to the San Mateo meetup in March. Should be some great science returns from the rovers to talk about by then!
BTW- awesome blog. I've been hitting it at least hourly for the past few weeks.
Joel
Posted by: Joel McKinnon on January 30, 2004 06:19 AM