Tuesday, October 6, 2015

GeekWire Afterglow

We've posted about our field trip to the GeekWire Summit last week. The reason we had the great fortune to find ourselves there was based on an interview Annabelle had at GeekWire HQ a few weeks back, earning an invite to the conference.

At the summit, they showed some of the interview questions and answers, edited together in some pretty entertaining clips. Today, GeekWire posted some of those videos to their Web site. 

They're also on YouTube, and you can view them via the embeds below ...

Kids say the geekiest things

Do you want to travel to space?

If you could invent anything, what would it be?

STAR WARS STARS:  Super good news came MPA's way today - both CJ and Annabelle were selected as winners for their age group in The Museum of Flight's "Empire Writes Back" story contest. How 'bout that?!

The museum's contest is just part of a worldwide "Star Wars Reads" day by Disney Publishing Worldwide and its publishing partners. There will be over 2,000 Star Wars Reads Day events across North America, including one at the Museum.

CJ and Annabelle will be among those taking place in a ceremony at the museum this Saturday, Oct. 10, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., during which time they'll read their story to the audience.

SOCIAL IN SEATTLE: More than a couple of my space geek friends sent me links to some big NASA news today. Our favorite space agency is host a #NASASocial here in Seattle. w00t!

It offers an opportunity to tour NASA's Extreme Weather Research Work, which includes the first-time ever 3-D views of rain and snow. 

Up to 40 lucky social media users will get to go inside NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory Nov. 11 at the University of Washington in Seattle, to learn about the science behind NASA's 3-D views of hurricanes, storms, falling rain and snow. 
photo: NASA
On display will also be NASA's OLYMPEX campaign, which focuses on tracking precipitation over mountainous terrain that is difficult to measure, per today's press release.

Registration for the #NASASocial is open now through 5 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Here's a link to toss your name into the ring! APPLY NOW

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