When we arrived Friday afternoon, we discovered several people had left or were packing up to leave. We found a spot open up at the Upper Field, so we moved.
Max stopped by the Texas Star Party Ham Radio Building. He had spoken to them via radio earlier in the day from the cabin. Picked up a beautiful call card.
Here are some pictures of the Upper Field.
Friday night's speaker was Don Pettit.
Don Pettit is an American chemical engineer and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica.
Pettit's first space mission was as a mission specialist on ISS Expedition 6 in 2002 and 2003. During his six-month stay aboard the space station, he performed two EVAs to help install external scientific equipment.
His most recent mission was on STS-126 Endeavour (November 14-30, 2008).
It was during this mission he invented a zero-g coffee cup, which used the wetting angle to carry the coffee along a crease so as to permit drinking, and avoid the necessity of a straw. This zero-g cup was featured in the May 2009 National Geographic Magazine issue.
After the talk, we walked to our new spot. It was very cloudy. We stayed a few hours and then headed to the car. I knew where we were going that night. No confusion on my part, thank goodness. Don't like walking around in the dark in a confused state. lol