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"FedCon is one of Europe's largest science fiction conventions, its 2022
edition held earlier this month in Bonn in Germany. Actors from the many
incarnations of
Star Trek, as well as
Star Wars,
Doctor Who, and other
science fiction shows met with thousands of fans.
ESA has been taking part in FedCon since 2015, with talks, panels, and a stand
covering our space science, earth observation, and human exploration missions.
At this year's event, scientists and engineers from ESTEC, ESOC, and the EAC
gave talks about JWST, Rosetta, mission operations, and careers with ESA.
In addition, to help celebrate FedCon's 30th anniversary, ESA astronaut
Samantha Cristoforetti sent a special message from her current Minerva mission
on the ISS. She was dressed in an outfit worn by flight crew in the re-imagined
Battlestar Galactica series (2004–2009) and wearing the dog tags of famed
Viper pilot, Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. Samantha previously appeared as a speaker
at FedCon in 2018 and also took part in a 2020 episode of the
Space Rocks
Uplink vodcast with Katee Sackhoff, who played Starbuck in the series.
While we may not yet have invented a faster-than-light drive as used in
Battlestar Galactica, ESA turns science fiction into science fact every day,
exploring and studying the near-Earth environment, the Solar System, and the
Universe beyond, to innovate, inform, and inspire. And we're always happy to
share that excitement with our friends around the world, through events like
FedCon and much more."
Via Susan ****
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
