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Posted by: aggieastronaut Mar 10 2009, 03:14 AM

Hey everyone,

I'm hosting an online Q&A session with rover driver Scott Maxwell tomorrow (March 10th) at 8pm Pacific (I believe that's 4Z March 11th for you UTCers). We're having it on AIM (AOL's instant messaging system). To get into the chat, IM me first (aggieastronaut) and I'll invite you in. To ask a question, IM me to let me know, and I'll open up the floor in order I get the IMs.

Hope to see many of you there!

Posted by: Stu Mar 15 2009, 08:24 AM

I have just been reading the transcript of Scott's chat, which can be found here...

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=55166704355&ref=nf

People, you absolutely have to read it, there are some absolute gems in there, well worth reading - actually, well worth printing out and keeping, as an "inspiration hit" to have handy for whenever you're feeling a bit down or frustrated, or start taking the exploration of Mars and the rest of the solar system a little bit for granted.

Two things sprang to mind right away. Firstly, what a great job Aggie did holding the thing together! Jeez, Aggie, that must have been like trying to herd your beloved kittens! Secondly, what an absolutely fantastic ambassador for space exploration Scott Maxwell is. I've had the privilige of meeting him a couple of times now, and the guy positively glows with the passion and excitement he feels for exploring Mars. He communicates that passion and excitement, and inspires it in others too, effortlessly, and I really think NASA and JPL should be making a lot more use of his communications skills and passion for Outreach.

Read the transcript, and you'll be grinning for an hour. You'll see.

Posted by: akuo Mar 15 2009, 01:52 PM

How about putting the transcript available somewhere else than Facebook? Maybe even this thread.

Posted by: Stu Mar 15 2009, 02:03 PM

Not my call. I guess you should ask the Chat hostess about that...

Posted by: mhoward Mar 15 2009, 03:37 PM

Agreed that no one should go copying and pasting the chat transcript onto another site without permission. But FYI, the link you posted doesn't seem to be accessible, even to other people on Facebook.

Posted by: Stu Mar 15 2009, 03:45 PM

QUOTE (mhoward @ Mar 15 2009, 03:37 PM)

Posted by: mhoward Mar 15 2009, 03:55 PM

It's sure not coming up here. There's no error message or anything, I'm just redirected to my Facebook home page. I'm guessing it's a question of my not having the right friend, but have no idea.

Posted by: Stu Mar 15 2009, 03:57 PM

Ok. I've sent a Tweet to aggieastronaut asking if there's any way she can put the transcript up on a non-FB site.

Posted by: climber Mar 15 2009, 06:18 PM

QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 15 2009, 04:57 PM)

Posted by: aggieastronaut Mar 15 2009, 06:39 PM

I'll be on campus tomorrow, so I can add it to my website then. I'll post the link tomorrow!

Posted by: Stu Mar 15 2009, 06:55 PM

Thanks Aggie, lots of people will enjoy it, I'm sure.

Posted by: akuo Mar 15 2009, 11:10 PM

Thanks!

Posted by: aggieastronaut Mar 16 2009, 12:17 AM

Oh, and if you do have Facebook, the rover account I run is this one: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1044841632 Add as a friend, and then you can check the notes.

Posted by: aggieastronaut Mar 16 2009, 08:19 PM

Here's the link: http://people.tamu.edu/~kbean1988/mrdchat.htm

And it's like Stu said, it was like herding my two kittens.

Posted by: mhoward Mar 16 2009, 08:39 PM

Thanks; I enjoyed reading the transcript

Posted by: aggieastronaut Mar 16 2009, 11:12 PM

Before I forget to mention it, the smileys and the 'soandso has joined the chat' etc. were edited out. Other than that, it's word for word.