JPL open house

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I actually didn’t get many photos, most of the exhibits were hands on, and since it was just me with the girls (Kim is on a work trip), my hands were pretty full. I’ve been on the JPL campus before with friends, and for meetings, but I’d only seen a fraction of what I saw yesterday. We got driven on by Rover’s, did experiments, saw Assembly rooms and the mission control rooms.

The staff was awesome. They were all obviously excited to share their work and pleased to see people so excited about it.

Hazel wore her astronaut outfit, and people got a real kick out of it.

The event was busy, for sure, and there was a line for some exhibits at times, but manegable. Just a very, very cool day.

Next year I’ll try and get tickets for both days. It was too much to see in one day, even if you went alone.

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