archive-1: SETI [ASTRO] Planetfest '99

SETI [ASTRO] Planetfest '99

Larry Klaes ( lklaes@bbn.com )
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:35:07 -0500

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> Planetfest '99
> http://planetary.org/news/Pfest99/factsheet.htm
>
> Planetfest '99, a three-day, international festival and
> exhibition at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena,
> California, celebrates a milestone in international planetary
> exploration with thousands of attendees witnessing the
> arrival of the Mars Polar Lander on Mars. On a giant screen,
> the Red Planet's south pole will spread out before us as new
> images of this unexplored domain are sent back to Earth, 35
> million miles away.
>
> As the Mars Polar Lander descends, a New Millennium of
> exploration begins. At Planetfest '99, we will chart the
> expeditions throughout human history, on Earth and beyond,
> revealing the startling discoveries of explorers in space
> throughout the current millennium, and predicting what
> explorers of the next millennium may find in space.
>
> Planetfest '99 celebrates these millennium-spanning events
> with a cornucopia of special exhibits, hands-on activities,
> interactive technological programs, and a demonstration of
> the power of the Internet - as Planetfest '99 will reach an
> international audience with a worldwide Internet presence
> that includes presentations, debates, and discussions by some
> of the most renowned and popular science and science fiction
> authorities.
>
> Planetfest '99 includes the sounds on Mars from the
> first-ever microphone on the surface of another world; an
> interactive Mars Experience children's hall; hands-on Red
> Rover, Red Rover sites; a science and science fiction book
> extravaganza, including author signings; the sealing of a
> millennium time capsule; a juried show of fine space art;
> exhibitors selling space-related merchandise; NASA and JPL
> exhibits; and the Next Millennium Theatre, showing science
> and science fiction films ranging from Carl Sagan's Cosmos
> and Stanley Kubrick's 2001 to those wonderfully horrible
> classics.
>
> WHEN:
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> December 3 to 5, 1999
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> WHERE:
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> Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA
> 91106, USA
>
> WHY:
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> To involve humankind in opening our minds and senses to what
> maybe the greatest adventure of all - planetary exploration
> and the search for extraterrestrial life.
>
> WHO:
>
> Planetfest '99 is presented by THE PLANETARY SOCIETY, a
> nonprofit organization committed to making new ventures in
> space exploration happen through creative research programs,
> astronomical observations, student activities, studies,
> conferences, and workshops. Founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan,
> Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, THE PLANETARY SOCIETY is
> the largest non-governmental space organization in the world,
> having a planet-wide membership of over 100,000 people.
>
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