Is unexpectedly really really cool!

I only have time to put up a couple of the highlights: Mission Control (yep, that’s the real deal): Shuttle and space station training centre: The Saturn V was certainly the highlight. It is absolutely enormous. The first stage: The second stage: The third stage: The top bit: Apollo 17’s command module: Mercury: Gemini:

Next stop, Austin, Texas for South by Southwest. At the Make party: Another fancy party, this time for Frog Design: Petey the Boston Terrier made us feel very homesick: Tash Glen and Tash: The next day I visited the Capitol: Which has a Confederate memorial: On the way back to the conference, I wandered past…

This sums up Vegas, the water in the fountain at Caesar’s Palace is dyed blue.

We got a chopper out to the Grand Canyon. It was a breath taking trip, as we flew over Vegas twice, the Hoover Dam, and the Canyon itself. The unmarked 737s with the red stripe take workers to Area 51: The pilot and the Hoover Dam: Over the canyon – none of the pics I…

Also very cool! Even The King was there. And Microsoft through a huuuge party at Tao at the Venetian. The view from Tao:

ETech was also cool: More on that in a later post…

This is awesome! The new naval museum in San Diego aboard the USS Midway.

As I now have a USB cable I’ve been able to upload some photos. San Diego is a cool town. Among the sites were the Pandas at San Diego zoo: Then off to the Air and Space Centre. You’re greeted by the Apollo 9 capsule: Apollo 11 unused food: Phantom vs MiG: SR71 Blackbird: Giant…