Pics of IR9: Distorted Perspectives are coming!
Hi everyone. It’s been a crazy two weeks for me. New classes starting, a whole world of sick rolling through the house, and getting flash drives mailed in from photo sources from the event. I’m hoping tonight to upload a new gallery of everything I’ve got so far. Thanks for being so patient!
Report: Comic-Con to stay in San Diego for at least 5 more years, lured by discount rates
Published Friday October 1st, 2010
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO – San Diego will be inundated by comic book collectors, celebrities and superheros every summer for at least five more years, following Comic-Con International’s decision to stay where the event started 30 years ago despite competition from other cities wanting a piece of the sci-fi pie.
San Diego city officials and the company that puts on the huge pop-culture event will announce a five-year contract Friday morning.
The San Diego Union Tribune reports the contracts that Comic-Con negotiated for discounted hotel rates through 2015 were key to the decision.
Other cities that tried to […]
Russian firm announces space hotel
Group vows to fill vacuum in space tourism market with orbiting facility
Published Thursday September 30th, 2010
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW – A Russian firm announced an ambitious bid to fill the vacuum in the space tourism market by stationing an orbiting hotel in the cosmos yesterday.
The Moscow-based Orbital Technologies has sky-high hopes that its planned Commercial Space Station can serve as a tourism hub for well-heeled travellers and offer overspill accommodation for the International Space Station and workspace for science projects.
But it’s unlikely to come anytime soon – the company wants to launch a seven-room station by 2016 but may increase […]