… and a press pass.
Doggone NASA has scheduled a Lunar Exploration Workshop at Johnson Space Center for September 8th, at which
Reporters will have a unique chance to experience lunar life, including driving across and touching a simulated moonscape….
During Monday’s tour, reporters will visit NASA’s lunar yard to view NASA’s prototype lunar truck as it travels across the mock surface of the moon. They will be able to climb into a concept lunar lander in the Altair development lab and examine moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts.
Here’s the press release if you want to read more about it.
Hey, NASA: I’m writing this novel about lunar colonists and the sacrifices they make to keep their colony alive. Can I come?
You’d better believe I would try if I could come up with money for a plane ticket and could take some more time off from my NC State job. (Baen work I can take with me, which is very nice.)
But, since I’m sinking a decent amount into this week’s trip to Atlanta for Dragon*Con — and need to hold back a tidy sum to pay my estimated taxes next month 😡 — and don’t really have any more time off to spare, I guess I won’t try to wrangle press credentials to attend.
Drat.
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