First Post! Ha!
Question:
Has anyone seen something thats tech/science advertised at a convention?
Would Con folks have an interest in non-fiction space stuff?
Background:
My day job is engineering on aircraft, but in my free time I’m a space advocate. Trying to get people interested and involved in space exploration, science and all the other fun stuff.
I volunteer with the National Space Society (http://nss.org/) a non profit group, and this year I’m helping organize our national conference, International Space Development Conference, ISDC (http://isdc.nss.org/2009/) which is being held in Orlando Fl.
One of the refrains I often hear from space people is that they got it to it from scifi books or star trek (the older ones at least). Knowing people that work on the shuttles, their far more Serenity and Millenium Falcon then Enterprise.
It seems to me that advertising our event and organization at a con would be a great idea, it,s an audience that’s perfectly accepting of space flight. But I’ve never seen it done, of course I’m not a huge con person, so I might just be missing it.
I’d like to get an outside opinion before I dent someones budget by getting a booth and literature at a con.
