Asri-unix.706 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!POURNE@MIT-MC Sat Feb 6 01:07:34 1982 LA l-5 convention The L-5 Convention is at the Hyatt International (LA AIRPORT HYATT) over the weekend of 2-4 April. Usual convention costs (around $30 at the door; "professional membership" including banquet, some papers, and a reception is about $75). Guests of Honor: Robert A. Heinlein Fred Haise (Grumman VP, Commander of Apollo 13) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminnistratior NASA, former Secretary of the Air Force. Featured Guest: Honorable Newt Gingrich, Representative from Georgia, CoChair of the Congressonal Space Caucus. Arthur Kantrowitz, Gary Hudson (private rocket constructor) Harry Stine, George Merrick and Chuck Gould of Rockwell, General Dan Graham, and a buncha other notables. Convention cochaired by Je Pournelle and Milton Stevens (Stevens, a former Worldcon SF type, does most of the work). Purpose is to get enthusiasts and professionals together, adn to generate a strategy for the advancement of the space program. Please feel free to pass this messag on to whomever you like. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.