I would have liked to go to this to meet a couple of notables I have = interest in, specifically Gen Cardenas. I was put off by the incredible amounts of money that were being asked = for autographs. My respect drops dramatically for these people. Beevo -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of gene lucas Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 11:40 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Spacefest in Mesa Continues Sunday Thanks for the report, Tom. I would have liked to have talked with=20 David Levy who was scheduled to speak at the SpaceFest today.... I had=20 seen the flier at RTMC, and the web pages, but in the end opted out,=20 partly due to other activities (like the EVAC meeting on Friday). I=20 travelled up to Chino Valley today for a ValleyMetal home shop club=20 meeting -- Beevo Van Orden was also in attendance. Nice and cool, it=20 rained lightly two times. Gene Lucas (17250) Tom Polakis wrote: >Just got back from a poorly promoted space conference going on at the = Mesa Convention Center (corner of University and Center). >[snipped - GL] >Most of the talks were Friday and Saturday, but Rusty Schweickart = (Apollo 9) and space writer Andy Chaikin speak Sunday. >Other than Jenn and I, I noticed zero representation from SAC or EVAC. >Their Web site is: >http://www.novaspace.com/Spacefest/Astro.html >Since Novaspace did such a poor job of getting word out, it's anything = but crowded, and that's good for us. >Tom > =20 > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.