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ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 03-10-2014 08:02 PM Incidentally, Blackarrow is Geoffrey Bowman, who penned the Apollo-Soyuz chapter for Outward Odyssey series book, "Footprints in the Dust." I look forward to meeting Geoffrey there for the first time after all these years. So yet another good chance to add his and a few author signatures in your copy of the book.
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002	posted 03-11-2014 05:43 PM Good grief, Colin, you've revealed my secret identity! How can I continue to fight crime if all my enemies know who I am?
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 03-11-2014 06:36 PM You have enemies? No way, Jose.
gliderpilotuk Member Posts: 3398 From: London, UK Registered: Feb 2002	posted 03-12-2014 05:55 AM Come on, Colin... he's in the legal profession!
Jay Gallentine Member Posts: 287 From: Shorewood, MN, USA Registered: Sep 2004	posted 03-15-2014 10:16 AM Get out your Voyager pictures! I'm excited to announce that, following the Voyager Panel talk, all four panelists will participate in an autograph signing session. The signings will take place immediately after the talk ends - not in the panel talks room, but at one of the other show floor areas. The exact location has not yet been determined, but we'll make an announcement. The signing period will last for one hour. There is NO COST for any of the four to sign. So what have you got? A shot of Neptune's Great Dark Spot? Io? Europa? Ed Stone with the Voyager model? John Casani with the Golden Records? A reproduction of the Golden Record itself? So please come - if nothing more than to prove John Casani wrong when he said, "I just don't understand who would want my autograph?"
mode1charlie Member Posts: 1169 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010	posted 03-15-2014 11:29 PM quote: Originally posted by Jay Gallentine: I'm excited to announce that, following the Voyager Panel talk, all four panelists will participate in an autograph signing session. Great news! Thanks for organizing this, Jay.
DChudwin Member Posts: 1096 From: Lincolnshire IL USA Registered: Aug 2000	posted 03-19-2014 03:28 PM I am absolutely thrilled that the Voyager panel will do a signing. I have a book and a cover I would like to get autographed by these Solar System pioneers. To have them together for the panel and signing is historic. Hat tip to Jay Gallentine for telling their stories, organizing the panel, and arranging the signing.
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002	posted 03-20-2014 04:35 PM I've been trying to book a room in the Spacefest "overflow" hotel, the Hilton. I'm being told the Spacefest room allocation is full. Seriously?
NovaRob Member Posts: 242 From: Tucson, Arizona, USA Registered: Nov 2008	posted 03-21-2014 01:10 PM Blackarrow, there is currently one remaining reduced-rate room available Thursday through Sunday. If you were trying to reserve nights prior to Thursday or after Sunday, many hotels' reservation clerks will say it is not available, rather than saying some of the nights are available. Please contact Novaspace directly if you are looking for nights outside of the Thu/Sun range, and we can ask the hotel to try to open rooms on those nights at reduced rates, but the rates may be a little higher.
NovaRob Member Posts: 242 From: Tucson, Arizona, USA Registered: Nov 2008	posted 03-21-2014 01:15 PM Unfortunately, we cannot reserve unlimited rooms at the reduced rates, because if those rooms are NOT filled, we must still pay for them. So, we reserve a block of rooms at the reduced rate, based on our best guess of how many will be filled. If the hotel tells us we've filled our block (which they sometimes don't tell us) or if the customers tell us, then we can try to open another block, although some hotels raise their rates when they see the higher demand. Unfortunate, but true.
NovaRob Member Posts: 242 From: Tucson, Arizona, USA Registered: Nov 2008	posted 03-21-2014 01:22 PM Anyone who is having trouble arranging reduced hotel rates is welcome to post it here, but please also contact Novaspace/AstronautCentral/Spacefest directly (staff@novaspace.com) if you want our help in resolving it. We can act quicker to an email, than to a cS posting. If you contact us, please tell us what nights you are looking for, so we can ask the hotel to open rooms for those nights.
SteveG Member Posts: 48 From: Scottsdale, AZ Registered: Nov 2001	posted 03-23-2014 09:11 PM I have had some folks email me about mail order for the guests. Please keep the emails coming as I should be able to accommodate most requests (certain Buzz items withstanding). Thanks.
FFrench Member Posts: 3161 From: San Diego Registered: Feb 2002	posted 03-25-2014 02:51 PM Posting this at the request of Colin Burgess's wife Pat: As I told the Spacefest folks via email earlier today, Colin suffered an accident today and was taken immediately into surgery for both of his knees. As I understand it, he is doing fine physically otherwise, that is the extent of the damage. He is having to cancel all of his US travel commitments that were coming up, including Spacefest. I have offered to chair the Outward Odyssey author panel in his place, and anything else that might assist. I know that many Spacefest attendees were looking forward to seeing him and getting books signed. I am sure it will also be a rough couple of months of recovery for him. As a dedicated Spacefest follower, any messages of support and friendship posted here would I know boost his spirits a lot. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. Looking forward to seeing you all at Spacefest soon.
Daugherty54 Member Posts: 591 From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA Registered: Sep 2010	posted 03-25-2014 02:55 PM Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Colin is one of the nicest and kindest folks I've met through Spacefest.
Whizzospace Member Posts: 110 From: San Antonio, TX Registered: Jan 2006	posted 03-25-2014 04:17 PM Appreciate the message FF! Yikes, sorry to hear of this news, Colin. Wishing you a rapid and successful recovery, Mate!
MCroft04 Member Posts: 1634 From: Smithfield, Me, USA Registered: Mar 2005	posted 03-25-2014 07:05 PM Colin, Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
mode1charlie Member Posts: 1169 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010	posted 03-25-2014 07:40 PM Colin, best wishes for a very speedy recovery!
bruce Member Posts: 916 From: Fort Mill, SC, USA Registered: Aug 2000	posted 03-25-2014 08:10 PM Colin, best wishes for a fast recovery. The space community "kneeds" you!
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002	posted 03-25-2014 10:12 PM I'm really sorry to hear this: Colin, my best wishes for an early recovery. It seems that our first meeting must wait a little longer. Spacefest will be much the poorer for your absence.
Grounded! Member Posts: 367 From: Bennington, Vermont, USA Registered: Feb 2011	posted 03-25-2014 11:47 PM So sorry to hear of your accident Colin. Get well soon!
Gilbert Member Posts: 1328 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-26-2014 08:26 AM Get well soon, Colin.
DavidH Member Posts: 1217 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Jun 2003	posted 03-26-2014 12:53 PM So sorry to hear it! Wishing you a prodigious recovery! ------------------ Homesteading Space \| Bold They Rise \| davidhitt.net
Dave Clow Member Posts: 236 From: South Pasadena, CA 91030 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 03-26-2014 02:44 PM Wait a second...anyone who follows this "Colin Burgess" guy's work understands that no single human being could create the output of books and media that come with that name. So if one of these Colin guys is laid up, why don't four or five of the other Colins show up instead?
RocketmanRob Member Posts: 268 From: New York City USA Registered: Mar 2005	posted 03-27-2014 09:38 PM quote: Originally posted by Blackarrow: I've been trying to book a room in the Spacefest "overflow" hotel, the Hilton. I'm being told the Spacefest room allocation is full. Seriously? Contact me via e-mail. I currently have a room at the original/main hotel on reserve that I need to cancel as I will not be able to get to the show. Perhaps we can time that so that you can pick it up. Contact me and we'll see if we can coordinate something.
Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009	posted 03-28-2014 09:23 AM Only just seen this bad news. Wishing you a rapid and full recovery Colin.
ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002	posted 03-29-2014 08:11 AM No intent on going to Spacefest, but I do want to wish Colin a speedy and complete recovery.
4allmankind Member Posts: 1043 From: Dallas Registered: Jan 2004	posted 03-29-2014 01:51 PM Get well soon, Colin. We'll be sure to raise a toast to you. If any collectors going to the show plan to bring some dupes to trade from their collections, let me know and I'll do the same. Always fun meeting people and swapping "extras".
Dave Clow Member Posts: 236 From: South Pasadena, CA 91030 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 03-30-2014 02:32 PM Just thought I'd put in a plug for Quest, the History of Spaceflight Quarterly, while we're talking about Spacefest. The magazine will have a booth there, and with the appearance at the gathering by Ed Stone, John Casani and Charles Kohlhase from JPL, I'm pleased to say that the cover story in the current issue is the second part of a two-parter on JPL's Galileo mission to Jupiter. One of Spacefest's many strengths over the years has been its attention to remotely-manned space exploration, and this year's venue in Pasadena puts it literally in the neighborhood with JPL and Caltech. Kudos to Novaspace once again. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 03-31-2014 04:40 AM Friends, having just returned home from a week stretched out in a hospital bed somewhat resembling the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz, it was extremely heartening to read all those messages of support. Curiously enough, I am not in any pain (a phenomenon of such knee injuries), but it will be three months before I can walk unassisted. However I console myself with the thought that such a bad fall could have ended far, far worse. Obviously, I am extremely disappointed to be missing my Liberty Bell 7 presentation and book signing at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Spacefest, but I do hope they are nevertheless a huge success. Thanks everyone!
Dave Clow Member Posts: 236 From: South Pasadena, CA 91030 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 03-31-2014 10:17 AM quote: Originally posted by ColinBurgess: Thanks everyone! We're the thankful ones, Colin. Laid up or not you're still a step ahead of us all.
BMacKinnon Member Posts: 230 From: Waterford, MI. USA Registered: Jul 2007	posted 03-31-2014 07:28 PM Blackarrow, now that Colin has revealed your secret identity, how can we locate you at Spacefest to sign our copies of "Footprints in the dust"? And to Colin, you rest up and get well and may you have a speedy recovery!
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 04-01-2014 12:25 AM As with the other authors, Geoffrey should be sporting a Spacefest "Author" badge with his name on it for easy identification.
fredtrav Member Posts: 1673 From: Birmingham AL Registered: Aug 2010	posted 04-01-2014 10:28 AM Colin, just now reading this discussion. Glad that you are out of the hospital and are doing better. Best wishes for a continued and fast recovery.
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 04-01-2014 07:22 PM Thanks to everyone for the amazing support and messages, both here and through emails. While I'm experiencing quite an amount of discomfort and doing any normally easy function has to be choreographed in advance, I'm not in pain and looking forward to a complete recovery, although that is some weeks ahead yet.
music_space Member Posts: 1179 From: Canada Registered: Jul 2001	posted 04-01-2014 09:26 PM quote: Originally posted by Dave Clow: So if one of these Colin guys is laid up, why don't four or five of the other Colins show up instead? Yeah, that's it... send a clone. Wounded knees are a pain, alas. Take it easy, and enjoy a good recovery!
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002	posted 04-02-2014 05:28 PM quote: Originally posted by BMacKinnon: Blackarrow, now that Colin has revealed your secret identity, how can we locate you at Spacefest to sign our copies of "Footprints in the dust"? More than happy to oblige, but you should first seek out people like Jay Gallentine, Rick Houston and, for heaven's sake, Mr. Robert Pearlman. Sadly, the most impressive "Footprints" signature will not be available. Colin Burgess will be missed! By the way, I was wondering what to charge for a signature. 70? 80? 90? A whole dollar? Fortunately that decision has been made already. There's no such thing as a free lunch, but the authors' signatures are free!
SteveG Member Posts: 48 From: Scottsdale, AZ Registered: Nov 2001	posted 04-08-2014 07:08 PM I can take more mail order for anyone who can not attend. You can order photos from Novaspace and have them shipped directly to me. I won't be able to pick up items at the event. Please send me an email directly.
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 04-11-2014 06:08 PM One of the more pleasant surprises for those attending Spacefest VI this year will be the number of popular spaceflight authors in attendance. There are far more than in any previous year, so in order to give you time to pluck their books from your bookshelves for signing at the event, here is the list of authors ready and willing to sign your books: Jay Gallentine Rod Pyle Francis French Mike Carroll Rosaly Lopes Geoff Notkin Richard Jurek David Meerman Scott Paul Gillebaard Frank O'Brien David Woods David Hitt Heather Smith Pascal Lee Michael Cassutt Rick Houston Kate Doolan Michelle Evans Andrew Chaikin Sy Liebergot Leonard David Anatoly Zak All of the author talks and signings will be conducted in the upper (entrance) level of the centre, and a program listing times will be posted at the event. The University of Nebraska Press and Springer Books will be in attendance on the upper level with a limited number of books available for purchase, which you can then have signed by the authors. Don't forget to stop by their booths to check out which books are available. This is shaping up to be a huge event and my disappointment at not being able to attend due to a bad injury is profound.
Jay Gallentine Member Posts: 287 From: Shorewood, MN, USA Registered: Sep 2004	posted 04-12-2014 12:25 PM For those who may be interested, I'd love to have you attend my Spacefest talk! "The Soviet JPL" 3:15pm, Saturday, May 10th Soviet Russia's organization responsible for building their incredible machines to the Moon, Mars, and Venus began life as a maker of wooden airplanes. Fate couldn't have scripted a more crooked path between that and planetary landers, but somehow this place managed to connect these incongruent dots. How in the world did the Soviets land on Venus - home to acid clouds, lightning rain, and 900-degree temperatures? How did they bring back lunar soil with an automatic machine? Is there any truth to their claim of returning the first picture from the surface of Mars? And just how did they get into the crazy role of doing all this in the first place? Brimming with unpredictable turnabout, insane ideas which saved the day, and paradigm-busting approaches to the problem of the moment, Jay's talk will enlighten as well as entertain. The secret telephone network? The paranoia over copy machines? It's all here.
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003	posted 04-12-2014 06:40 PM I've been advised that the David Hitt/Heather Smith shuttle book, "Bold They Rise" has now been published and is ready for distribution, so it will definitely be available for signing at Spacefest VI by the authors. You can even "pigeon pair" it by having the follow-on "Wheels Stop" signed by Rick Houston, who will also be in attendance. A number of copies of both books will be available at the University of Nebraska booth, but due to the expected number of attendees, it might be an idea to pre-purchase both books to avoid disappointment.

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