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[djellison]

Below - details of the hinted at talk I'm giving at JPL in a couple of weeks. Local UMSFers are welcome to come along - it'd be nice if I could give an idea of numbers ahead of time, so if you think you can make it - drop me an email ( djellison@mac.com ) and I'll let those that need to know, know. Sadly, my schedule for the two days I'm in LA is so packed, that I can't really envisage the sort of meet up you guys enjoyed when Stu popped over - but it'd be great to see whoever can make it!

CALTECH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (CMA)
A Leadership Forum
presents
Bootleg Postcards: Unofficial Biographies of Robotic Spacecraft
with
Doug Ellison
Creator and Site Administrator, Unmannedspaceflight.com
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
4:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., von Karman Auditorium, JPL

Since the landings of Spirit and Opportunity in 2004 and the rapid web
release of every image they take, an enthusiastic online community of
amateur scientists has formed around the rovers and other robotic space
missions. This community has developed tools, tricks, and techniques to
make the most of every image and track the progress of our robotic
envoys creating mosaics and videos that have been referred to as “bootleg
postcards.”

Space exploration aficionado Doug Ellison is a multimedia producer by day,
and founding administrator of the well-respected "Unmannedspaceflight.com"
forum by night. Join us as he presents a history of the web-faring,
space-data-sharing community, highlights some of its achievements, and
explains why the new way to reach out . . .is to let people in.

Doug Ellison's passion is science communication. In particular, he has a
unique perspective on the outreach activities of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the European Space Agency, and on the
collective power of armchair enthusiasts from around the world who have
reveled in the remarkable science returns from ventures such as the Mars
Exploration Rover and Cassini missions.

As an ambassador for the amateur space imaging community, Mr. Ellison has
given many lectures on the rovers and other Mars missions to schools, local
astronomy societies, and the British Astronomical Association. He produced
Rover Audio Updates with Jim Bell for The Planetary Society website, has
presented to scientists at Cornell University and the Europlanet
conference, has written for The Planetary Report, and has been interviewed
on The Planetary Society’s Planetary Radio program and The Sky at Night BBC
television series.

These events are free. All members of the Campus and JPL communities and
retirees are welcome. Caltech personnel and guests can access von Karman
Auditorium via the external gate.

They must be talking about someone else

[djellison]

Not the best quality - but it'll have to do I'm afraid - it's converting at Vimeo now - should be ready in half an hour or so

http://vimeo.com/4361503