Heinlein Centennial
A letter to Roger Tener:
Dear Roger,
As someone may have already told you, Pat Taylor passed on July 5, 2007
Pati was mine, and she will stay with me in memory, always. And we have come to a sort of conclusion. Pati always called Heinlein "Uncle Robert" -- she was part of the celebration in Butler with him back in 1978 or so. We figure that she knew we were going to celebrate his 100th birthday, and since her body would not let her leave the nursing home, she decided to go party with Uncle Robert in person.
This weekend was the Heinlein Centennial. I spent the weekend at a dead run, and hardly got to anything, so you will need reports from others on most things. I believe most people had a wonderful time, and people often stopped me to rave about the programming and say thank you. It was so nice of them to stop and do that -- almost the first time I've seen anything like it.
But oh, there were some wonderful spots. The best -- the best of all! -- was when Jeanne Robinson gave her Stardance preview. She thinks that man won't live in space until art goes there with him, and she intends to start creating art there. She spoke of fund-raising, and having to raise about $250,000 to send her and a dancer into space to work on the Stardance. Each trip costs about $100,000*. Just after she said that, Dr. Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X Prize, stood up and said he would make sure she got her trip to zero-G.
It was quite a night. It was worth doing.
I want to thank each and every person who gave up their entertainment to come help throw the party. You are the ones who made it happen, and you know who you are.
Tina Black
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* According to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17156385/ about Hawking, the current trips cost about $3,500.00 for each seat. I suppose that if one wanted to film a dance, $100,000 would be a modest estimate. At least, thanks to Dr. Diamandis, Jeanne will get to taste zero-G. TB
Dear Roger,
As someone may have already told you, Pat Taylor passed on July 5, 2007
Pati was mine, and she will stay with me in memory, always. And we have come to a sort of conclusion. Pati always called Heinlein "Uncle Robert" -- she was part of the celebration in Butler with him back in 1978 or so. We figure that she knew we were going to celebrate his 100th birthday, and since her body would not let her leave the nursing home, she decided to go party with Uncle Robert in person.
This weekend was the Heinlein Centennial. I spent the weekend at a dead run, and hardly got to anything, so you will need reports from others on most things. I believe most people had a wonderful time, and people often stopped me to rave about the programming and say thank you. It was so nice of them to stop and do that -- almost the first time I've seen anything like it.
But oh, there were some wonderful spots. The best -- the best of all! -- was when Jeanne Robinson gave her Stardance preview. She thinks that man won't live in space until art goes there with him, and she intends to start creating art there. She spoke of fund-raising, and having to raise about $250,000 to send her and a dancer into space to work on the Stardance. Each trip costs about $100,000*. Just after she said that, Dr. Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X Prize, stood up and said he would make sure she got her trip to zero-G.
It was quite a night. It was worth doing.
I want to thank each and every person who gave up their entertainment to come help throw the party. You are the ones who made it happen, and you know who you are.
Tina Black
_______________
* According to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17156385/ about Hawking, the current trips cost about $3,500.00 for each seat. I suppose that if one wanted to film a dance, $100,000 would be a modest estimate. At least, thanks to Dr. Diamandis, Jeanne will get to taste zero-G. TB