Fun in the city and at home

[petmoosie]

On Saturday, we went downtown and checked out the displays on the Mall. We saw the James Webb Space Telescope model. Then one of the presenters helpfully told us where the other "spacey" stuff was, so we skipped right to it. Northrop Grumman had Lego models of the telescope. Emily picked up a SpaceKids coloring book (Northrop Grumman). Tim was impressed to see that the satellite system he is working on is in the coloring book. We picked up plenty of swag. Emily and two other children were so happy to stand on the interactive floor and kick pretend rocks around. They were talking about it afterwards.

Sunday, we had a quiet day. I got a fair amount of gardening done and Tim added sand to Emily's sandbox, so she played in the new sand. I planted corn and beans together so the beans can climb up the corn stalks.

Comments

How long?

[metageek.livejournal.com]

How long is the telescope model supposed to be there?

...and what's this about Tim working on a satellite system?

Re: How long?

[petmoosie.livejournal.com]

They were closing up at 4 that day. They were there from May 10-12th. BUT the model is made to travel and has been at 6 US locations since 2005, and one international. So I will look on the Website and see if it is scheduled to go anywhere by you any time soon.

Tim is at Integral Systems, Inc. So he has worked on the Aqua satellite (in the Earth Observing System). He's been there since 2000.

Scheduled outings of the model

[petmoosie.livejournal.com]

petmoosie,
Thanks for your interest. The model's next stop is Dublin, Ireland,
June 11-14. After that, it has no planned outings.
Sally Koris, Northrop Grumman Space Technology