NASA to Sponsor SpaceUp in San Diego / Registration remains open thru Thurs. 2/25

NASA Joins As Sponsor of SpaceUp, World's First Public Space Exploration / Development Unconference

Registration for SpaceUp Remains Open Through Thursday, February 25, 2010

San Diego, CA - The San Diego Space Society, organizers of SpaceUp, the world's first public unconference devoted to outer space exploration and development, proudly announce the addition of NASA as a Signature Sponsor.

SpaceUp will be held Saturday and Sunday, February 27 and 28, 2010, at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, 2001 Pan American Plaza in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. A limited number of spots are still available for attendees at $75 per person, with registration - capped at 200 people to ensure meaningful interpersonal interaction - closing at midnight Pacific Time on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Details are available at http://spaceup.org.

Attendees already registered include entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists from SpaceX, Masten Space Systems, Google Lunar X PRIZE, Quicklaunch, Unreasonable Rocket and The Aerospace Corporation, among others. Along with NASA, key sponsors include the San Diego Air & Space Museum, Spacevidcast and Oceanside Photo & Telescope, with additional support provided by 3M and the WD-40 Company.

The unconference format, which has been popularized in the tech community via such events as BarCamp and FooCamp, offers a unique forum where participants decide the topics, the schedule, even the structure of the event. Everyone who attends the unconference is encouraged to give a talk, moderate a panel or start a discussion. SpaceUp applies this non-profit model to the space industry in a public forum for the first time.

An additional highlight of the event will be Hardware Alley, an exhibition of space hardware and artifacts that includes, among other items, the flight data recorder from the Columbia space shuttle, an Apollo launch panel, the "Blue Ball" Lunar Lander Challenge rocket, and a demonstration rover, "Rovey," from Google Lunar X PRIZE.

Registration information is available on at http://spaceup.org. Further information about the unconference is also available at that URL, and interested individuals can monitor the event's progress via the SpaceUp Twitter feed, http://www.twitter.com/spaceupconf, or the SpaceUp Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/SpaceUp/97724374485.