HAL9000 - hal fulton

Citizen of Mars

Reaching for mankind's next home

And February is a wrap?
I've been doing a lot for the Yuri's Night executive committee in the last few weeks. I've also been working on the local party here in Austin. I designed the cover art for our freebie CD. That should go into the party pack (or be a late add-on). The coins came today! ...

Second Life and more?
Here's what's been going on lately: 1. I gave a talk on the Lagrange Points at the International Space Museum in Second Life. My last slide, predictably, was a blurb about MarsDrive. The brand-new MarsDrive group in SL has about eight members now, I think. 2. We downloaded more than 40 pages ...

Ever been too busy to blog?
But that's a good thing, isn't it? It means things are happening, things are getting done. We're an inch away from being a corporation. We are (we hope) only a matter of weeks away from nonprofit status (depending on the IRS). We finished the first phase of the Founders' Circle and we ...

My talk in Second Life
On November 19, it was my pleasure to give a talk at the International Spaceflight Museum in Second Life (http://secondlife.com). The title was "Mars: Opportunities and Challenges." There were about 45 in (virtual) attendance, and it was well-received. Here's a transcript of the whole thing.

Visiting the ARCHIMEDES Project
I was in Munich in early November speaking at the European Ruby Conference (http://euruko.org). Since I knew the Archimedes Balloon project was going on in Munich, I wrote and asked if I could spend an hour or so there. And they were gracious enough to let me do that. Here's the Archimedes ...