Convergence
July 5th-8th, 2002
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Jon & Corry bring in stuff |
Jon & Corry bring in stuff |
1st Sci Rm Visitors LEXX's Stanleys |
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Wall decorations |
A/V Cart |
setup stuff |
Shuttle Landing Sims are GO! |
Jon Huset as 'Capt. Plywood' |
Cory Williams as 'Capt Plywood' |
Paul Knight, David Buth and Rich Brown in 'Leaving the Cradle' Panel Discussion - When are we going to return to the Moon? Or go to Mars? What is the future of manned space exploration? |
'Leaving the Cradle' Panel Discussion audience |
One on one Q&A afterwards |
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Courtyard UFO |
Courtyard |
Courtyard |
Bridge staffing |
Wayne visits ?? in the hall |
Video dance |
Balloon Man |
Court Yard looking SW |
UFO Piloting to Con Jose |
Art Johnson and Christine LaBounty prepare for the Marscon Disco Party |
IKV RakeHell Party Servers Mary Bertlson and ??? |
Party flyers |
Con goers |
Smile |
Wayne in Dealer's Room for Diversified Marketing of MN |
Cthulhu and friend |
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Old Space Models Pan 1 |
Old Space Models Pan 1 |
Old Space Models Pan 1 |
Old Space Models Pan 2 |
Old Space Models Pan 2 |
Old Space Models Pan 2 |
Current Space Models Pan 3 |
Current Space Models Pan 3 |
Current Space Models Pan 3 |
Rover Cam Space Models Pan 4 |
U of MN Mars Space Models Pan 4 |
ISS Space Models Pan 4 |
SF Space Models Pan 5 |
SF Space Models Pan 5 |
SF Space Models Pan 5 |
3D Star Map stuff Pan 6 |
PC-Space and Deep Space Explorer PCs Pan 6 |
Mars Rover Display |
South Wall Display |
ISS Model display visitor |
Minneapolis Planetarium Shrunken solar System |
Minneapolis Planetarium Shrunken solar System |
kid space toy area |
Coloring Sheets |
Michael Kauper visits the kid space toy area |
Display Visitors |
Display Visitors |
Rick Weller trains another shuttle pilot |
Rick Weller trains another shuttle pilot |
Display Staffers Rick Weller, Rich Brown and Dave Buth |
Party Posters |
Party Posters |
??? and Lois Olson setup for a USS Behr'Ak party |
Sci-Fi Arsonal |
Sci-Fi Arsonal |
Dressing?? for the con |
Masquarade Winner |
RakeHell Costumes |
Borg |
More Costumes |
more Costumes |
More Costumes |
more Costumes |
Sailor Moon and Tuxeudo Mask Costumes |
Princess Amadala |
More Costumes |
more Costumes |
More Costumes |
Trigun Costumes |
Joe Selle and ??? of 501st Stormtroopers |
Joe Selle and ??? of 501st Stormtroopers Central Garrison |
more Costumes |
Wonder Woman Sings |
Outside Hotel |
more sci rm |
ISS Display |
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Rover Display |
Virtual Astro Navigation |
more sci rm |
more sci rm |
more sci rm |
more sci rm |
Rick takes the rover for a drive |
Rick takes the rover for a drive |
Courtyard |
Bridge |
Courtyard |
Dealers Rm |
Dealers Rm |
Dealers Rm |
Dealers Rm |
Dealers Rm |
Michelle Rockne-Semkow and Tom Greenwalt Staffing the Sci Rm |
Staffing the Sci Rm |
Pan of the Sci Rm #7 |
Pan of the Sci Rm #7 |
Pan of the Sci Rm #7 |
Cinema Rex |
David Schaal |
Space Toys |
Star Huset lands the shuttle |
Mars Display |
Mars Display |
MN SFS & MAS hosted the science room at Convergence on July 5th, 2002 to July 8th, 2002.
We featured the following attractions:
Who were those unmasked individuals who made this event great?
For MN SFS there was :
David Buth : Who brought those great models of the Space Shuttle MMU Shuttle-C Shuttle and Shuttle with ESA spacelab module, HST and helped with setup, staffing and takedown.
Ben Huset: Person wrangler, Also brought 3D Star Map, DVD player with earth views DVD, created video tape for video wall, created and printed coloring sheets and ISS Crew5 handout and STS landing certificates, ISS Model, Moon and Mars globes, helped with setup, staffing, web imaging, and takedown.
Rick Weller : Who brought his computer system with shuttle landing simulator and helped with setup, staffing the shuttle landing simulators training many future shuttle pilots and takedown.
Rich Brown : MN SFS display cases keeper and display staffer.
Craig Borchard : Helped with setup and staffing.
Tom Greenwalt : helped with Staffing and takedown.
Michelle Rockne-Semkow : helped with staffing.
For MAS there was : Lynn Hefferrnan - worked in a number of different capacities. plus takedown Thanks for helping, Lynn!
People who contributed stuff but couldn't be there in person:
Dan Fish who sent old copies of astronomy magazines and other flyers and an iMAC computer wiht Starry Night.
Art Johnson : who lent us his video projector
Bob Bonadurer : Who contributed shrunken solar system and handout materials.
Wayne McCloud : Who contribed his computer and video hardware to make the Video Wall Video
Seth Shostak : who contributed the SETI Posters
Kevin Buth : Model Builder and keeper
Thor Olson : 3D Star map cards
Mars Society : Handout materials
NASA: Handout materials
Thanks everybody.
--Ben
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