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Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 9:54 pm
by Mako Koiwai
... don't miss the JPL Openhouse ... starring our very own Steve Collin's, Andrew Bingham, and Leticia Montanes

I recommend going there when the doors open ... it gets quite crowded later in the day. Good Eats ...

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Some snaps from the last time I went: http://public.fotki.com/makofoto/family ... pen-house/

Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 4:02 pm
by Theo O.
Mako, I can bring a camera to this event right? I saw your pics but I'm not sure if you have special access.

Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 5:02 pm
by Mako Koiwai
Nothing special required ... enjoy!

Our friends at JPL are now facing lay-off's :(

Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:03 pm
by Arthur Grant
Mako to wrote:Nothing special required ... enjoy!

Our friends at JPL are now facing lay-off's :(
Everyone in Governement and associated industries are. Happens when the employer is broke.

Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:01 pm
by Steve Ekstrand
Arthur Grant wrote:
Mako to wrote:Nothing special required ... enjoy!

Our friends at JPL are now facing lay-off's :(
Everyone in Governement and associated industries are. Happens when the employer is broke.

But govt sector jobs went up 268,000 in April????

Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:35 pm
by Kurt Rahn
Steve Ekstrand wrote:But govt sector jobs went up 268,000 in April????
Need new people to fire all the slackers :lol:

Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:51 pm
by Theo O.
Great event, learned a lot. Thanks for posting this event Mako :thumbup:

Now I know what an Ion thruster is :) Plus I saw "Curiosity" and the "Sky Crane". Awesome stuff.

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Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:10 am
by Kristoffer Gjevre
Mako, thanks for the alert about this, we went (although not until at around noon on Sunday and traffic was really bad to get parked until I got lucky) and the kids and us had a great time!
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:11 am
by Kristoffer Gjevre
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Re: Hey Tech Heads ... If you've never been ...

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:16 am
by Rick Brown
Gotta make it out one of these years. Back when I was a Field Service Engineer, I used to maintain some of the computers and printers at JPL. Definitely a cool place.