Send A Message to Mars
Hey Space Placers! I'm getting ready for the 2014 Almost Heaven Star Party . I honestly can't remember the last time when I went to a star party WITH my telescope. I've been to many as a speaker - I'll be talking about NASA's Manned Spaceflight Program and James Webb Space Telescope at AHSP. I should have Internet while at AHSP so I can stay in touch. I wanted to tell you about a neat fund raiser by the good folks of Uwingu - the same folks that are taking names for Martian craters to make a "people's map of Mars". I have a crater named 'REDFERN' that is in Gale Crater where Curiosity is located: Redfern Named by gredfern 2014-02-27 Diameter: 6.61 km (4.11 mi) Latitude: -6.37 ° N, Longitude: 137.12 ° E District: 3377 , Province: 405 Citation: Named for the family of "SkyGuyinVA" Greg Redfern, a NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador, cruise ship lecturer, space contributor to WTTG and WTOP and "Wh...