Where in the world is Michael Turner?
Where has he been?
What bizarre agenda motivates him, anyway?
Most important of all: is there any danger that he might show up somewhere near you?
Here's where you can get answers to all these burning questions. (Assuming he keeps the page up to date.)
(Note: the book referred to below is a the history of
projectile space launch
,
in science, science fiction, and space access development.
Research for this book has been a major motivation
for my recent travels.)
| Where | Until | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | About July 20 | Yet more visits with friends, clients, yet more business problems to solve |
| Russia | About July 27 | Visit to Pavel Kryukov, research for book |
| Heidelberg? | Aug 11 | Combustion conference, see Andrew Higgins, et al. |
| Britany/Paris? | Sep 1??? | Chilling out, writing |
| Montreal | Oct 1??? | More book research, at McGill University and other relevant places in Quebec. |
| Seattle | Oct TBD? | Continue research for book at the University of Washington Ram Accelerator Lab . |
| Where | Until | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | May 3rd | I decided I wasn't spending enough time in certain
places, and with certain people, related to a book
I'm writing. The University of Washington, and
specifically, its
Ram Accelerator Lab
.
drew me first, because I think this technology has a lot
more Earth-to-orbit potential than other proposed
projectile launch concepts.
I got to Seattle in early February, and except for a trip back to the SF Bay Area to deliver a car, stayed there until I decided to to go to the International Space Development Conference 2006 , in Los Angeles. |
| Los Angeles | May 8th | Attended all but the last day of the International Space Development Conference 2006 , while staying in the Los Angeles Arts District. One of the treats of the conference was finally meeting John Carter McKnight , a guy who knows way more about me just from e-mail than anyone should ever know. Very briefly met Bob Twiggs, of KatySat, which led to discussions with him and Benjamin Yuan later in San Francisco. I also met Frank Pietronigro, a very interesting artist who teaches at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, my next destination. |
| San Francisco / Berkeley | June 1st | Was passing through the SF Bay Area on my way back to Seattle after ISDC 06 , and got kinda stuck there -- hanging out with friends, meeting Bay Area ISDC attendees up here, etc. Met with Ben Yuan and Bob Twiggs to talk about the KatySat program. Met with Frank Pietronigro of the Zero Gravity Arts Consortium on Monday, May 29th, in the morning. |
| Tokyo | June 5th | To address some overdue business issues with Tama Ryokan , to see old friends, clients, and for the opportunity to attend the ISTS 25/ISSFD 19 and IJET 17 conferences. |
| Kanazawa | June 9th | For ISTS 25/ISSFD 19 . |
| Tokyo | June 16 | Further pursue Tama Ryokan -related business development, to see friends, family, clients, etc. |
| Kobe | June 18 | IJET 17 International Japanese-English Translator's conference |