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Topic: [Poll] Harrison Schmitt appearance in the UK?
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Rick Mulheirn
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From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted December 08, 2011 05:10 PM
   
Ken Willoughby may well have Walt Cunningham planned for March but he is always working on future events. Not surprisingly Ken's shows do not happen overnight.Tonight Ken posed an interesting question to me: "I need to know as soon as possible how many would be willing to pay £50 to see Harrison Schmitt next October 12/13? If there is enough interest I will send out more details." Suffice to say I'm in. Anybody else interested? Unless I am very much mistaken such an event would be Jack Schmitt's first in the UK. |
Frederic Janik
Member Posts: 297
From: Helsinki, Finland
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted December 08, 2011 06:05 PM
Seriously? I'd be flying in from Finland for this. |
AstroAutos
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From: Monaghan Town, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted December 08, 2011 06:22 PM
A resounding YES from me, Rick!I'd certainly fly over from Ireland for Schmitt, and I could possibly persuade Dad to come with me so that would be two tickets! Just a note on the date in case you hadn't noticed (you probably have) but Autographica is down for October 12th-14th next year. But this would make for an excellent opportunity, would love to get a photo with Jack and hear him talk about his life. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 222
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted December 09, 2011 12:30 AM
Met him at the 2007 International Space Development Conference in Dallas. He's great guy and would encourage anyone on your side of the pond to take advantage of this opportunity. Go for it!  |
Debs & Kurtis
New Member Posts: 5
From: Scotland
Registered: Jul 2010
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posted December 09, 2011 01:23 AM
Great news, I would definitely go. |
Kite
Member Posts: 171
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted December 09, 2011 01:44 AM
Definately YES. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 1278
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 09, 2011 03:54 AM
Yep, I'd have two tickets. But as already mentioned be careful with the date as it may deter some backsides on seats? |
Nigel Mc
Member Posts: 57
From: Sheffield, UK
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted December 09, 2011 05:13 AM
YES I think it would be safe to say that everyone would say yes and make special arrangements for this. |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 916
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted December 09, 2011 06:29 AM
Absolutely, no question! |
Apollonut
Member Posts: 20
From: UK
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted December 09, 2011 06:44 AM
Count me in - it would be fantastic! |
crash
Member Posts: 150
From: West Sussex, England
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted December 09, 2011 07:07 AM
Rick, put me down as a Yes. Also I could probably speak for an additional two people. |
ODYSSEY
Member Posts: 78
From: Nottingham, England UK
Registered: May 2003
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posted December 09, 2011 09:13 AM
Yes, put me down for two. |
rjscott
New Member Posts: 9
From: York, North Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted December 09, 2011 09:30 AM
Yes, I'd have at least four tickets. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 1290
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted December 09, 2011 10:36 AM
Me too. Sat next to Jack on evening of ASTP launch, albeit at an adjourning table. |
Ade74
Member Posts: 30
From: Peterborough, England
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted December 09, 2011 02:33 PM
I'd pay twice that amount!!! |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 1278
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 09, 2011 02:58 PM
Buy two tickets then!!  |
paulus humungus
Member Posts: 397
From: Burton, Derbyshire, England
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted December 09, 2011 03:25 PM
Oh yes!!!!! |
jemmy
Member Posts: 78
From:
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted December 09, 2011 03:33 PM
I'm in... |
machbusterman
Member Posts: 1643
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004
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posted December 09, 2011 05:24 PM
I'll be there for sure!! |
icarkie
Member Posts: 603
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted December 09, 2011 11:32 PM
Yes for me. By the way, would the school hall be big enough?
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minipci
Member Posts: 166
From: London, UK
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted December 10, 2011 05:48 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Rick Mulheirn:
Unless I am very much mistaken such an event would be Jack Schmitt's first in the UK.
I remember seeing Harrison Schmitt give a talk in London at the Boat Show back in early '80s (at Olympia I think). Not sure if that counts as a first for him in UK. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 2194
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted December 10, 2011 06:28 AM
The Boat Show event is new to me I have to confess. But the chance to have dinner with Jack in addition to the lecture is probably are first for the UK.It is worth pointing out at this stage that Ken is in very early negotiations with Dr Schmitt. A positive response to this poll will go a long way to making it happen. As will a good turn out to see Walt Cunningham in March. Ken plans on holding an auction following the dinner with Walt. Any proceeds from the auction will be ploughed back in to bringing over Ken's next astronaut guest. So if anybody is having doubts about travelling to see Walt get yourself a ticket to the dinner, bid in the auction and support Ken in his sterling ongoing efforts. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 2862
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted December 10, 2011 07:35 AM
Absolutely! (x2) |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 1847
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted December 10, 2011 02:04 PM
This would be an excellent opportunity to hear why the only geologist to explore the Moon is very skeptical about the scientific world's consensus on how the Moon was formed - and how recent studies of Apollo 15 and 17 samples have provided strong support for Schmitt's skepticism. |
ApolloAlex
Member Posts: 325
From: Bromsgrove, England
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted December 11, 2011 01:03 PM
I would certainly jump at a opportunity like this so this gets my vote. |
robert_l
Member Posts: 47
From: Dundee,Scotland
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted December 11, 2011 07:08 PM
Yes, please count me in! |
David Bryant
Member Posts: 832
From: Norfolk UK
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted December 12, 2011 12:22 AM
Hmm... I hope all this anticipatory excitement doesn't adversely affect Ken's negotiations. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 1278
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 12, 2011 04:14 AM
Surely it could only affect them in a positive way? |
crash
Member Posts: 150
From: West Sussex, England
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted December 12, 2011 09:55 AM
Hmm, I think David may be alluding to the possibility that huge interest may sometimes result in large fee getting larger! These walls have ears. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 2194
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted December 12, 2011 12:33 PM
Ken already knows Jack's fee and it is plenty big enough already thank you. Don't forget who we are dealing with here. At the risk of sounding cheesy a hero with great integrity not some fly by night charleton.In any case, Ken is a bluff Yorkshireman in the Fred Truman mould. Safe to say he knows what he is doing. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 1278
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 12, 2011 02:42 PM
Aye, we don't chuck it around tha' knows! |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 2862
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted December 13, 2011 11:08 AM
Compared to a transatlantic flight (the alternative way to see your chosen astronaut) the fees are immaterial. I'm sure none of us regret the €300 or so we shelled out to see and meet Neil Armstrong in Dubln several years ago. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1142
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted December 13, 2011 02:52 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Blackarrow:
This would be an excellent opportunity to hear why the only geologist to explore the Moon is very skeptical about the scientific world's consensus on how the Moon was formed - and how recent studies of Apollo 15 and 17 samples have provided strong support for Schmitt's skepticism.
There's a good article in the Jan 2012 edition of Air and Space magazine titled "The Second-Moon Theory". When I first read of this new concept in the newspaper it made no reference to the water recently found in lunar volcanic glass. This article accepts that the water, unless explained, goes against this new theory. It would be nice to ask Jack his thoughts on the theory. When I talked to him in July he continued to claim that the impact theory to explain our moon doesn't work, but I would be interested in hearing what he thinks about some of the ideas in this article to explain the presence of water. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 2194
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted December 15, 2011 05:34 AM
There has been a bit of a lift in ticket sales the last week or so for Ken's event in March 2012, but last I heard 80+ tickets is disappointing. It certainly causes Ken to question whether he would get the support necessary to bring Jack Schmitt over next fall. Put simply a successful event with Walt will determine whether or not Jack Schmitt is invited to Pontefract. Might I suggest any "lurkers" reading these posts, hoping to meet Jack Schmitt but with no intention of attending the Walt Cunningham event in March... reconsider. The current economic environment is clearly having an effect of peoples discretionary spending. But my limited dealings with Ken and some involved with Autographica have brought home to me the stark reality that these guys will not be coming to these shores for very much longer. A daunting prospect that has been predicted for many a year but sadly now that time is upon us. I did not attend the Neil Armstrong event held in Belfast some years ago for financial reasons. I have spent many a moment since regretting that decision! We must make every effort to take advantage of the few remaining opportunities... while we still can. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1142
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted December 15, 2011 08:01 AM
Walt is a great guy with lots of fun stories, not only astronaut stuff; he seems to have an opinion on everything which makes for lots of fun discussion. If I lived in your pond I'd definitely be there; no way would I pass up this opportunity! |
bruce
Member Posts: 817
From: Fort Mill, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted December 15, 2011 09:01 AM
I would "second" what Mel says above. In more than one conversation with him over the years, Walt's knowledge and candor of the entire US manned space program is both entertaining and sometimes humbling. He can also be quick to point out long regarded myths with factual and refreshing "I was there" straight-talk. Simply put, it's a rare treat to just be in the same room with the guy. If you have the chance, I would not pass up on the opportunity. |
Kite
Member Posts: 171
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted December 15, 2011 04:16 PM
I urge everybody to make the effort to attend the Walt Cunningham talk and, if it happens, Jack Schmitt's as well. We are so fortunate to have Ken Willoughby and his team arranging these brilliant presentations and we must support them.As a personal memoir I remember many years ago when attending our local natural history society that a very keen geologist (now sadly passed away) called me over and asked me to shake his hand. When I did he said that I have just shook hands with a man who had shaken hands and had talked to Harrison Schmitt who had worked on the moon. I was thrilled for him and never dreamed that one day I too would meet astronauts, who had been to the moon, and cosmonauts as well.
I suppose that sounds a little like a song that was doing the rounds in the '20s or '30s (well before my time may I add) sung by a flapper that went something like "I danced with the man, who danced with the girl, who danced with the Prince of Wales". Sorry about that! I digress. So I too would love to meet Jack Schmitt who through his hard work and determination deservedly went to the moon. Lets all help Ken to bring it on. |
carl walker
Member Posts: 92
From: Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted December 17, 2011 10:55 AM
Put me down for two tickets for Harrison Schmitt! |
Skyguy48
Member Posts: 56
From: Scotland
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted January 24, 2012 06:21 PM
Yes am in for the Harrison Schmitt talk. Would he be doing signings though? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 2194
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted January 25, 2012 01:03 PM
The initial soundings from Dr Schmitt are that he would sign his book. Ken is hoping he may sign other items also but only time will tell on that score. |
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