Planetary Science Bake Sale?

[beamjockey]

I note that some people in the planetary science community are organizing a National Planetary Exploration Car Wash & Bake Sale on 9 June. The idea is to draw attention to recent funding difficulties in the field.

I confess some ambivalence. On the one hand, money in future budgets will be tight and the U.S. program of planetary missions will be reduced in scope and ambition compared to the past decade or two. On the other hand, planetary science is still better-funded than many another scientific discipline, and one does not see many of the other scientists holding bake sales.

On the gripping hand, my car is usually dirty. So if there is a Planetary Car Wash nearby, I wouldn't mind making a contribution.

Comments

[erikvolson.livejournal.com]

Maybe HEP guys can sell, hmm. Peas. Really fast peas.

[acmespaceship.livejournal.com]

Good on them. Scientists need to do more marketing. General public, preaching to the choir, etc. etc. Get attention and give ordinary folks the opportunity to contribute something. They hold bake sales for cancer research, don't they?

Besides, Bake Sale = Brownies. Therefore, Bake Sale = Good.

Where do I send a pan of Revel Bars?

[debra baddorf (from livejournal.com)]

We have this large ring, that's spare at the moment. Maybe we could organize a bake sale in A0, lemonade stand at B0, burger joint at C0, brownie bars at D0, fudgecicles at E0, and Whiskey Sours and cots at F0. You have to roller blade between stations.

[acmespaceship.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a darn good Saturday afternoon to me.