WesterCons, Pathfinder and Outreach
I was at a WesterCon (a big Science Fiction Convention) in downtown Seattle the day Pathfinder landed on Mars. Incredible experience! The attendees flocked to our table because we had a TV tuned to a local channel that had the NASA feed going...
Strangely enough I'm doing WesterCon 56 this very weekend as we wait on MER-B's departure...I'm doing public outreach here and got to say the public seem less excided than 6 years ago, but then we are launching not landing...
--Chris Vancil