[FPSPACE] Miss Pentagon and the Manned Missions to Mars

[MattWriter at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/04 2:47:56 PM, zirconic1 at earthlink.net writes:



> http://spacesymposium.org/national05/registration/
> 
> Early registration for the 2005 conference is $800 for industry and $599 for 
> government.  I assume anybody who does not qualify as government qualifies 
> at the government rate.  But late registration (presumably at the door too) is 
> $1100 and $799.  Then there's hotel, travel, etc.
> 
> Your average "peace and justice" protestor probably does not have that kind 
> of cash.
> 
> 

There were exactly TWO protestors outside that I saw, although one local 
media report claimed 15.

There was nothing closed or secretive here - anyone who wanted to pony up the 
$750 for the 2004 conference could attend.  Reporters were present for every 
session.

Matt Bille
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