Star Wars Celebration VI was held in Orlando, Florida from August 23 – August 26, 2012. Here’s my attempt at capturing a few photos from event. So many toys so little time. Enjoy!
To read why I was there check out the NASA/Star Wars panel post.
This Star Wars Celebration VI Gallery Includes Stormtrooper Cosplay, Star Wars Masks, and Lightsaber Fights!
A Million Puppets March on DC
Big Bird may have stolen the show during the first 2012 Presidential Debates when Governor Mitt Romney said he was going to cut subsidies to PBS. “I like PBS. I love Big Bird… but I am not going to keep spending money on things [we have] to borrow money from China to pay for,” Romney said. This was a rallying point for the Million Puppet March. Three days before the 2012 election on Saturday, November 3, over 1000 people gathered on the National Mall in protest. Some attendees dressed as muppets, and many with puppets, to support public media such as PBS and NPR…
A Swimmer’s Guide on How To Make Swedish Goggles
Back in the early 1970’s Tony Malmsten, a successful swim coach in Sweden, invented goggles for one of his swimmers who suffered from allergies and eczema due to the foam found on goggles. The Monterbara, later named Swedish Goggles, quickly became a common product in Sweden and eventually became “the most copied goggles in the world”. One of the main reasons this style of goggles became so popular was that by building it yourself you were ensured a perfect fit.
Snow
I always felt like snow made the world quiet. In that twilight hour everything stops and the only thing you can hear is the soft fluffing of snow blanketing the…
Launching Rockets is Still Difficult – Proton-M Crash at Baikonur Cosmodrome
Q: What leaves a crater 150-200 meters in size about 2.5 Kilometers from a launch pad?
A: One Russian Proton-M launch failure at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
How a Rubber Chicken Became a NASA Celebrity
A rubber chicken that trains with astronauts? Two of our friends are featured in this Wired article, go check it out!
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