{"id":339,"date":"2009-09-01T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T10:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=339"},"modified":"2009-09-01T10:16:35","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T10:16:35","slug":"pioneer-11s-saturnian-encounter-plus-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/pioneer-11s-saturnian-encounter-plus-scavenger-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer-11's Saturnian Encounter — PLUS, A Scavenger Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty years ago today — September 1, 1979 — Pioneer 11<\/a> became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn. It flew past Saturn’s rings, passing 13,000 miles above the planet’s cloud tops.<\/p>\n

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\n(Pioneer-11 image of Saturn during its approach to the planet on August 26, 1979, from a distance of 1,768,422 miles. Saturn’s moon Titan is visible in the upper left. NASA image.)<\/em><\/p>\n

[BREAK, BREAK]<\/p>\n

Dragon*Con<\/a> is coming! <\/p>\n

For those of you who may be interested, Anthology Builder<\/a> is sponsoring a scavenger hunt at the con. Nancy Fulda, the founder and high potentate of Anthology Builder — where, as the name implies, you can build your own anthology of (mostly science fiction and fantasy) short stories — produced a series of badges which con-goers can collect and display to win a free anthology. Details of the scavenger hunt are on this page<\/a>, and here’s the badge for yours truly — not sure why the first version stopped working —<\/p>\n

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(Click to enlarge.)<\/em><\/p>\n

— made to come as close as possible to the grandmother who is the lead character in “The Rocket Seamstress,” my story on the site.<\/p>\n

So if you’re going to Dragon*Con, look for the badges … and if you’re not, pop on over and see all the stories that are available on Anthology Builder.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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