Unfortunately I don't think a podcast would work very well for this topic because there was a high degree of visual content. Much of the material will be familiar to those who have been following the ISS program, of necessity the talk was at quite a basic level as the audience would have consisted of many not already familiar with the program. Nicole is a brilliant ambassador for the space program, and I look forward to NZ's first astronaut one day who could well have been in the audience :-) As far as I know this was the first astronaut visit to NZ before a spaceflight, we have had a few after their mission. There will be a seventh "crew member" on Expedition 19 - look out for "Harold the Giraffe" the mascot of the LIFE Education Trust who has already accompanied Nicole on much of her training :-) Hopefully the fact that Nicole has some special connections with New Zealand, together with our role in the ATV mission, not to mention Harold! will assist to put us on the map so we are no longer known generically as "the South Pacific" :-) Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: OT: Astronaut to give lecture in Wellington, New Zealand > Nicole Passano Scott who is preparing to join the ISS crew in 2009 will be > speaking at "Te Papa" our national museum in Wellington, New Zealand at > 1830 hours our time. > > She is listed as prime crew for Expedition 19 which will be the first > six-person ISS crew. > > Details of her lecture here: > > http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/FriendsOfTePapa/FriendsOfTePapa/NicolePassanoStott.htm > > Although the event is under the auspices of "Friends of Te Papa" which is > a subscribed group I have checked that the event is open to all. > > I would recommend getting there early to be sure of obtaining seating. > > At this stage there seems to be no indication of a webcast, however I > guess it is possible it could be made into a podcast- I will make further > enquiries about these possibilities. (A totally OT aside, you can hear me > ask a question of a speaker in one of the other totally unrelated podcasts > at the Te Papa website- clue, I had a whale of a time :-) > > Robert > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > __________ NOD32 3025 (20080414) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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