[meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

From: Peter Scherff <PeterScherff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:24:36 -0500
Message-ID: <004b01ce1517$b31c23c0$19546b40$_at_rcn.com>

Hi Darryl,

        It sounds as if this is a very exciting project.

        Since the exhibited is in Israel I think you should include a
display about Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. He was killed in the
Columbia crash. Portions of his diary survived the crash. If you could
display a page of it I think it would be a highlight of the Expo. Even a
replica of a page would be of great interest.

        I think you should strongly consider the scale Solar System. I would
use a scale similar to the one that the Boston Science Museum used.
http://www.everytrail.com/guide/community-solar-system-trail-boston-museum-o
f-science The planets need not be in a line the planets could radiate out
from the Sun at the Expo. I think that it is more important that they be in
exciting places. They will serve as advertisements for the expo. I can
imagine a social media aspect to the display where people post pictures of
themselves and their friends at the planets.

Thanks,

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Darryl Pitt [mailto:darryl at dof3.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:55 AM
To: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu
Cc: peterscherff at rcn.com; meteoritelist meteoritelist
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)


Hi

I want to thank everyone for their input. For those taking their first
peek, I would like to know the coolest things you've experienced at an
exploratorium/museum that pertain to space and space travel-or any other
ideas you have pertaining to the same.


As it regards further details of the expo in which I'm involved....

There will be approximately 30,000 square feet devoted to this endeavor
which will take place in the most modern exhibition venue in Tel Aviv.
(There was a jazz festival which occurred in the same space last year and
the production (sound & lights, staging, rigging, set design) was among the
best I've experienced).

The exhibition will contain space memorabilia as well as detailed, full-size
replicas of Mercury and Apollo capsules (the latter was used in the film
Apolllo 13)-as well as the replica of the space shuttle cockpit used in all
big budget films and advertisements. And there will be meteorites! (I mean,
after they ramped me in, how could there not be ;-) as well as the
Peekskill Meteorite Car.

There is a lot of room for possibilities for both group as well as
individual exploratorium experiences. It is estimated that over the course
of the summer 225,000 visitors will spend on-average approximately 2 1/2
hours at the exhibit, so there is not much that can be done in terms of
small group "let's build this" efforts. To use Larry's phraseology, most of
this exhibit is geared to wandering by.

Hoping this further clarifies the nature of this event. Keep those ideas
rolling....Larry, please send me your number, I can't seem to find it.


All the best and thanks again / Darryl


On Feb 27, 2013, at 5:37 AM, lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu wrote:

> Hi Darryl:
>
> Yes, a little more information would be good.
>
> How much space (no pun) do you have (floor or table)? How interactive
> do you want it to be and how many people are there to support what you do?
> Some activities can be done without a person involved others need a
> real person to "run" it.
>
> Building (and commenting) on what Peter suggested with respect to
> activities we have done in large venues:
>
> Solar System scale model: takes some space and better if you use one
> that is not just stringing them out in a line. You can do size
> comparison separate from distance and there are ways to actually have
> them "make" the planet with clay, but this takes time.
>
> Comet making can be fun, but for a large venue, probably best to do as
> a demo. Takes supplies and can get messy.
>
> I just did a variation of our Earth/Moon size and distance where you
> have
> 50 balls of clay and put them into two piles (totaling 50) to
> represent the size of the Moon relative to the Earth (40 and 10, 35
> and 15, etc.) and then do the relative distance. Works well with
> hundreds going by over time.
>
> What you can do depends on the venue and the age group and whether or
> not they just wander by or you have them in a group.
>
> I could continue this conversation off line, if you want.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>
>
>> Hi Darryl,
>>
>> Just a few quick thoughts:
>>
>> Scale model of the solar system
>> Meteorite hunting in a "salted" strewn field with magnet canes
>> digital polarizing microscope with a cool thin section spectroscope
>> Mars rover race Make a comet telescope observing
>>
>> Many of these ideas may not work for you. Could you tell us more
>> about the event?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter
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