posted 08-28-2006 01:52 PM               

I stumbled across the listing SpaceFest earlier today and could hardly contain my excitement. Already confirmed to attend are Eugene Cernan, Bruce McCandless, Jim McDivitt and Frank Borman!! 50% of those names I mentioned have never attended an organised public signing event before and I for one can only hope that some other astronauts that Kim has had attend his gallery in Tucson for signings can be encouraged to attend this event.

Kudos to Kim and to everyone else involved with this event!!

Best regards to all,

posted 09-26-2006 03:45 PM            

Astronauts:
Jim McDivitt, Frank Borman, Gene Cernan, Bruce McCandless, Alan Bean and Walter Cunningham.

Speakers:
Rusty Schweickart, Dan Durda, Dr. Carolyn Porco, and Andy Chaikin.

posted 11-03-2006 10:38 AM            

We will not only be selling 8x10 photos, but also 16x20s Moonpans (Mike Constantine is attending) but also a selection of astronaut books.

We will also pre-publish the various fees for autographs, and any additional fees (if any) for inscriptions, personalizations, etc., in the program booklet.

posted 12-01-2006 01:07 PM            

Our first auction will be a dutch auction for the 6 seats at John Young's table in early January. You must have banquet reservation(s) to participate.

posted 12-01-2006 04:01 PM               

Could you please list all the seats that you will auction before you start - this way if the Young seats go high, we could bid on Aldrin or Cernan, etc.

posted 12-01-2006 05:22 PM               

Maybe I missed the discussion about this. I don't remember seeing anything on the website.

posted 12-01-2006 05:42 PM            

P.S. The link to the "auction" statement is: http://www.novaspace.com/Spacefest/Banquet.html

posted 12-01-2006 05:59 PM            

If I bid at the auction and win, does my family get to sit with me, or does everyone in my party have to bid?

Just curious.

posted 12-01-2006 06:19 PM            

We're only going to auction off seats at tables where there is a lot more interest than seats. We're figuring four or five tables.

We'll be polling folks for seating preferences and menu choices after the New Year.

posted 01-15-2007 04:20 PM            

More speakers: http://www.spacefest.info/Speakers.html

posted 01-17-2007 04:32 AM               

I've got Pima Air Museum/AMARC in my sights but what are the other must-sees - historic, cultural or scenic?

posted 01-17-2007 04:40 AM               

• Desert Museum at Tucson
  
• Kitt Peak National Observatory
  
• Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff
  
• Meteor Crater
  
• Titan Missile Museum
  
• Grand Canyon
  
• Monument Valley
  
• Canyon de Chelly

posted 01-17-2007 12:42 PM            

We've listed some sites and things to do on the Spacefest site, Phoenix tab (web links, too!): http://www.spacefest.info/Phoenix.html

posted 01-17-2007 07:03 PM               

Note that the astronauts did some of the geology training here in the mid-60s. The guide pointed out some beer cans in a small storage cave next to where the old house used to be. He claimed those were beer cans left over from when the astronauts visited.

For other things to do in the Phoenix area, Frank Lloyd Wright fans should visit his Taliesin West home in Scottsdale. Not for everyone, of course, but FLLW enthusiasts shouldn't miss it.

I visited Arizona in 2001 and saw:

• Taliesin West
  
• Pima Air and Space Museum
  
• Kitt Peak (spent an evening observing there)
  
• Saguaro National Forest
  
• Sedona
  
• USGS Astrogeology
  
• Lowell Observatory
  
• Meteor Crater
  
• Grand Canyon
  
• Monument Valley
  
• Petrified Forest
  
• Canyon de Chelly

posted 01-18-2007 02:07 PM            

I heard you could buy titanium for $1 a lb., but that was years ago. It's best just driving through in your air-conditioned car, seeing, for example miles of B-58s wing to wing, never to fly again.

Kim
www.spacefest.info

posted 01-18-2007 03:16 PM               

quote:

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Originally posted by jam1970:
Does anyone know if the general public can visit the USAF Boneyard?

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Kind Regards

Douglas Henry

posted 01-18-2007 04:50 PM               

32° 09'42.44" N
110° 50'37.87" W

posted 01-25-2007 01:23 PM            

Our mail-in signings take weeks of prep and processing before and after, and 100% concentration during.

Spacefest is like a five-ring circus, and the staff (and many volunteers) will be up to our necks in handling duties and problems, so there is no way we can get things signed by different astronauts for customers, at least not to anyone's standards.

posted 01-31-2007 05:47 PM            

Today (Jan. 31) is the last day to register for $15-day/$25-all weekend, and hotel rooms are nearly 1/3 sold out already. Less than 100 banquet seats remain until the room is filled completely.

posted 02-06-2007 05:07 PM            

There are overflow hotels nearby within walking distance, but you'll be hot by the time you get to the event. Book your room today!
http://www.novaspace.com/Spacefest/Venue.html

posted 02-07-2007 03:29 PM            

Still some rooms at the Marriott host hotel remaining.

posted 02-16-2007 05:35 PM            

In addition, there will be concssion stands (hot dawgs, nachos, fries, etc. in the main hall.

posted 03-07-2007 09:08 AM               

Best known for being the launch pilot of the B-29 and Ops Officer in Charge of the mach 1 flight by yeager, and the chief test pilot for the YB-49 after Glen Edwards died in one; he is oh so much more.

More info on him can be found at:

http://members.tripod.com/derekhorne/cardenas.html

http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=4917

(a downloadable hi res photo of the General is available on the USAF site).

And his personal site:

http://www.bobcardenasyb49.com

I will see about uploading some hi resolution images to the site you can print out, but we should have some photos available at the show as well.

Thanks to the efforts of Derek Horne and some others who have pledged financial support to bring him - I have not had a chance to poll the folks contributing to see if they want their names known but if they'd like I would like to publicly thank them (although there is a thread about this here so it's truly no secret).

Still working on some other test pilots yet.

posted 03-14-2007 07:16 PM            

I know it's still six months away, but numbers is numbers!