Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Sessions

Friday 14 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Touring the Solar System with an Orion Spacecraft
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Agathon McGeachy (Moderator)

In the 1950's NASA studied the concept of thermonuclear powered spacecraft called Project Orion. It was estimated that a battleship-sized spacecraf...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
History of Playing Cards part 1
1 hour, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Sir. James the Magnificent (Moderator)

Have you ever wondered what the backstory of cards are or where did they come from? How did we get them? Join Sir. James The Magnificent as he brin...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Rest Of The World In Space
1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Hugh S. Gregory, SpaceBase (Participant)

Dan Dubrick, SpaceBase (Participant)

5:45 PM
5:45 PM
Arms and Armor Through History
1 hour, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Pastor Rod, Christian-Gamer-Guild.org (Participant)

Mike McWatters, N/A (Moderator)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Participant)

Bill Gruner (Participant)

Ulrik (Participant)

Arms and Armor through history--a hands on panel. As the theme of this con is the 1920s, let's talk about the armor and weapons that came out after...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Real Zombies
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Manny Frishberg, SFWA (Participant)

Chris Bruscas (Participant)

Game Goblin (Participant)

Zombies are popular in fiction and in games but just how plausible are they really? Could a zombie apocalypse really happen? What would really happ...
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
Under-represented Occupations of the Future: AKA, Careers of Tomorrow!
1 hour, 8:15 PM - 9:15 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Luna Corbden (Participant)

Agathon McGeachy (Moderator)

Manny Frishberg, SFWA (Participant)

Joyce Reynolds-Ward (Participant)

The Golgafrincham were all wiped out for lack of a telephone sanitizer. If we end up living in space stations and on space ships, who are we really...

Saturday 15 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
The Psychology of Dueling
1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Agathon McGeachy (Moderator)

Bill Gruner (Participant)

Mike McWatters, N/A (Participant)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Participant)

Fighting as a spectator sport dates back to at least 700 BC and has been popular somewhere in Europe ever since. In some places and eras it was the...
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Real Steam Punk
1 hour, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Jeanette M. Bennett, Flight of Fancy Publishing (Moderator)

Sir. James the Magnificent (Participant)

Elizabeth R. Alix, PalouseDigitalPress (Participant)

Dr. Mark Rounds, University of Idaho (Participant)

Darkmoon (Participant)

The Surprising Inventions of the Victorians. Electric elevators? Wireless phones? Computer programming? Car races? Fax machines? Electric power sta...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Robotic Space Construction
1 hour, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Judy Johnson (Participant)

Agathon McGeachy (Participant)

Dan Dubrick, SpaceBase (Participant)

Hugh S. Gregory, SpaceBase (Participant)

Robots are getting more and more sophisticated, and there are plans to start doing station construction using robots. This would remove the danger ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Crew Dragon Takes Wing!
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

G. David Nordley, self employed (Moderator)

Hugh S. Gregory, SpaceBase (Participant)

Dan Dubrick, SpaceBase (Participant)

For the first time since the last space shuttle flight, a US spacecraft with US astronauts will head for the International Space Station, perhaps a...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Dirigibles, Automatons, Steam trains!
1 hour, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Elizabeth R. Alix, PalouseDigitalPress (Moderator)

Darkmoon (Participant)

Dr. Mark Rounds, University of Idaho (Participant)

Dirigibles, automatons, steam trains, and what's with those giant wheels on bicycles anyway? Steampunk devices are rooted in actual science. Come a...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
An Introduction to Belly Dance Drumming
1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

WiseDragon (Participant)

Sir. James the Magnificent (Moderator)

This panel should begin at 4:00 P.M. Friday and in the panel myself and James Jones will attempt to teach people six introduction Belly Dance Rhyth...
5:45 PM
5:45 PM
World Building 204: Architecture and Infrastructure
1 hour, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Will Carson, Attention Span Games (Moderator)

Levi juchau (Participant)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Participant)

EM Prazeman (Participant)

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Participant)

Your buildings and economy are shaped by your world and can be just as important as the characters. Make your character’s environment and history i...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Lost in Space: Celestial Navigation on an Alien Planet
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Moderator)

Fantasy author and former Special Operations soldier Joseph Malik draws from U.S. Special Operations textbooks and his own training with the French...

Sunday 16 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Next Century, the Stars!
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3123- Science/History Track

Panel

Dan Dubrick, SpaceBase (Participant)

Gregory Mendell, LIGO (Participant)

G. David Nordley, self employed (Participant)

Robots, space resources, additive manufacturing, beam-pushed starships, and rethinking the problem are making interstellar travel look more and mor...