[FPSPACE] FW: NASA Ames Co-Hosts Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 Celebration

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: NASA News <nasanews at mail.arc.nasa.gov>
>To: ames-releases at lists.arc.nasa.gov
>Subject: NASA Ames Co-Hosts Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 Celebration
>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:05:29 -0700
>
>Kelly Humphries				April 4, 2008
>Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.				      650-604-5026
>kelly.o.humphries at nasa.gov
>
>Delia Santiago
>Space Generation Advisory Council
>408-306-8579
>delializa at yahoo.com
>
>MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-24AR
>
>NASA AMES CO-HOSTS YURI'S NIGHT BAY AREA 2008 CELEBRATION
>
>MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 (YNBA 2008) will bring 
>together scientists, engineers, artists, musicians and an expected 8,000 
>guests at NASA's Ames Research Center on April 12 for a multimedia 
>celebration of space exploration and NASA's 50th anniversary year.
>
>Co-hosted by Ames and the Space Generation Advisory Council, the 12-hour 
>event will feature more than 25 musical acts and a host of speakers to 
>commemorate the anniversary of the first human space launch (Yuri Gagarin, 
>April 12, 1961) and the first space shuttle mission (John Young and Bob 
>Crippen, April 12, 1981).  YNBA 2008 coincides with other celebrations 
>around the world.
>
>More than 30 cutting-edge interactive demonstrations will showcase Ames' 
>innovative contributions to science, aeronautics and space exploration, and 
>dozens of commercial and academic groups will explore the theme "Radical 
>Technology for Sustainable Future."
>
>News media planning to attend should contact Kelly Humphries, 650-604-5026 
>or Delia Santiago, 408-306-8579 before 5 p.m. PDT Wednesday, April 9, for 
>credentials.
>
>WHAT:	An opportunity to attend a gathering of scientists, engineers, 
>artists, musicians and entrepreneurs celebrating the excitement of space 
>exploration past, present and future.
>
>WHO:	Speakers will include Ames Director S. Pete Worden, astrobiologist 
>Jonathan Trent, video game designer Will Wright, innovative green power 
>technologist Saul Griffith, urban mass transit designer Chris Perkins, 
>Pascal Lee of the Haughton Mars Project, and remarks by Stewart Brand, a 
>founder of The Long Now Foundation and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog.
>WHERE:	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., Hangar 211 and 
>adjoining airfield tarmac. Performances and lectures will take place on 
>four stages.
>
>WHEN:	From 2 p.m. PDT Saturday, April 12, 2008, to 2 a.m. Sunday, April 13, 
>2008.
>
>Abridged Schedule
>
>1 p.m.	Early media access begins
>2 p.m.	Gates open
>3:30 p.m.	Saul Griffith speaks
>4:15 p.m.	Grand opening ceremony featuring Ames Director S. Pete Worden
>5:30 p.m.	Will Wright speaks
>6 p.m.	Aeronautika aerobatics demonstration
>7 p.m.	NASA Research Park presentation on "SkyTran: A Transportation 
>Strategy for the 21st Century"
>9:30 p.m.	Performance by Telstar with Phil Lesh; Lecture by Pascal Lee
>2 a.m.	Gates close
>
>For more information about YNBA 2008, visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/YNBA/
>
>For more information about the Space Generation Advisory Council, and YNBA 
>2008 performers and schedules, visit:
>
>http://yurisnightbayarea.net
>
>For more information about NASA Ames, visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/ames/
>
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