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Meet Megan Seals, Teachers in Space leader and 5th grade teacher, who flew with ZeroG 14 March 2009 after being nominated by State Senator William C Wampler, Jr. [R-Bristol, VA.] to make the space training flight. Seals serves on the board of directors of the Space Frontier Foundation and has served on the SFF’s Teachers in Space team for five years. More: SpacePorts Blogspot
Enjoy a live spacetastic performance by My Robot Friend, who has appeard on Rolling Stone Magazine's Hot List and has opened for luminaries such as the Scissor Sisters and Le Tigre
Space Trivia: Emcees Carol Pinchefsky, freelance writer and editor of Space Future.com, and Allan Piper, film and television director and editor, and writer of the upcoming animated film “Alien Band” present an action-packed Space Trivia Survival game in which contestants scramble to land on the right planet for each question before the music stops and leaves them stranded in outer space.
The Manhattan-based New York Jedi Stage Combat group will perform a Star Warstm style light-saber battle. The 15minute performance features teams of costumed Jedi and Sith clashing glowing light sabers with whirling choreography on the main stage
Eric Lefcowitz of Retro Future will present a funky video / music mix of 1950's-era visions of life in the 21st century. We have seen the future... and it is here! www.retrofuture.com
DJs Christoper Ford and Miko (Wanderlust) will spin the intergalactic mashup tunes until 4am
Midnight Toast to Yuri Gagarin: we're talking with the distributor for Soyuz Vodka. What a cool retro rocket-shaped bottle... and the vodka tastes good too!
Costume Prizes: Seeking Prize donations and sponsorship for the 1 am Costume Contest. The more prizes we have, the more we can give, for the best space-themed costumes. See the amazing costumes and fasions from 2008 Space Monster Mashup Ball
If you have prizes to donate please contact spacetourismsociety@gmail.com.
Space Tourism Society is a 501(c)3 research organization.
Space Fashion: we have video of a fabulous Space Fashion show just produced at the Waldorf Astoria as part of Fashion Week last week, and are talking to the producers regarding showing either the videos, or perhaps even some of the actual fashions!
VIP guest TBC: former NASA Astronaut who has flown several Space Shuttle missions, may join us courtesy of Aviation Week
Event Photographer: Emilia Sixtensson of EventByE.com
Party Committee: Elizabeth Gallager Kennick, Dana Sterling, Carol Pinchefsky, Emilia Sixtensson, Larisa Fuchs
