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Posting this for some friends of mine who are organizing and promoting this event.

Yes, you read that headline correctly. NASA + Amon Tobin + Phil Lesh + much, much more

================================== Calling all cosmonauts, inventors, dreamers, and explorers ...

Tickets for Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 are

now on sale!

http://yurisnightbayarea.net

Yuri's Night Bay Area

2pm - 2am, April 12th, 2008

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

This year the San Francisco Bay Area will be home to the largest Yuri's Night celebration ever. At the NASA Ames Research Center over 8,000 people will join astronauts, artists, musicians, scientists and engineers to learn, celebrate, and pay tribute to our global space heritage; and to celebrate the anniversaries of the first human spaceflight and the first space shuttle mission. Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 is a one-of-a-kind local community event: a perfect fusion of celebration and tribute, technology expo, Maker Faire, art exhibition, and music festival; all rolled into one.

Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 includes:

• A mind-expanding series of speakers including SAUL GRIFFITH, head of

MAKANI POWER, an innovative new company seeking to harness high-altitude

wind energy as a cheap alternative to coal; and NASA astrobiologist

JONATHAN TRENT, leader of the new NASA G.R.E.E.N. team for green

technology research.

• A TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE featuring leading Bay Area alternative energy

companies including SOLFOCUS, WRIGHTSPEED, CALCARS, and TESLA MOTORS.

Plus, dozens of art and science installations spanning everything from

NASA ROBOTS & ROVERS to the unveiling of the newest fire sculpture by

the FLAMING LOTUS GIRLS.

• A world-class lineup of musical artists, ranging from the electronic

  breakbeat sounds of AMON TOBIN, TIPPER, and JOHN TEJADA to rockin' live

  performances by FREEZEPOP, PARTICLE, and the very special debut of

  TELSTAR, featuring PHIL LESH of the Grateful Dead.

• Live performances of all kinds, from dance and acrobatics by CAPACITOR

  (San Francisco's ground-breaking interdisciplinary dance company) to

  aerial demonstrations featuring Yuri-Gagarin-era AEROBATIC AIRCRAFT.

• ...and much, much more! Browse the partial list below!

Tickets are available on-line for $40 (plus applicable fees). A limited number of tickets may be available for $50 at the door -- check the website for status. If you are interested in helping out at the event, please fill out the volunteer form on our website.

Posted on 04/01/2008