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From our friends at the Museum of Science Fiction...
Escape Velocity 2017 Comes to DC
Actors, scientists, authors and artists... gaming, drone-racing, and much more!
The Museum of Science Fiction is bringing Escape Velocity 2017 to Washington, DC, from September 1-3 at the Marriott Wardman Hotel & Convention Center. Building on the first annual Escape Velocity in 2016, which attracted some 2,700 attendees, the event will combine the fun of comic cons with the fascination of science and engineering festivals to entertain and to promote STEAM education.
An out-of-this-world event for adults and kids alike, Escape Velocity particularly seeks to re-invigorate the interest of young people in science, technology, engineering, art, and math by producing and presenting the most compelling, exciting, educational, and entertaining science festival in the United States using science fiction as the primary engine. For more information, please visit https://escapevelocity.events/.
Highlights of Escape Velocity 2017:
• Appearances by:
- Accomplished film and TV actor Cas Anvar, currently in the Syfy hit “The Expanse”
- Star Trek: The Next Generation screenwriter Morgan Gendel
- Musician, inventor, writer, teacher, engineer and pioneer of synth-pop Thomas Dolby
- Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Joe Haldeman
- Creator of the Klingon language, Marc Okrand
- NASA solar astrophysicist Alex Young, PhD, a member of the Museum’s Board of Advisors
• Lively panel discussions on topics from the history of the sci-fi movie soundtrack, to the philosophy of artificial intelligence, to manipulating the human genome, to competitive sci-fi gaming, to the future of drones
• Sci-Fi Film Festival
• Drone racing event
• Award ceremony for winning team of the international Deep Ocean Robotics Competition Starship Horizons Bridge Officers simulation and Sci-Fi Escape Room
• Sci-fi and fight stunt workshop by DC Stunt Coalition
• Space Party
WHEN: September 1-3, 2017
WHERE: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel & Convention Center, Washington, DC
TICKET PRICES: $25-30 Single-Day Entries, $10 add-on for youth 11-16, free add-on for children under 11
$50 Standard Weekend pass
$100 VIP Weekend pass
About the Museum of Science Fiction:
The nonprofit Museum of Science Fiction will be the world’s first comprehensive science fiction museum, covering the history of the genre across the arts and providing a narrative on its relationship to the real world. Currently a virtual museum that also produces exhibits and events, the MOSF is raising funds toward a brick-and-mortar presence in the Nation’s Capital. The Museum will show how science fiction continually inspires individuals, influences cultures, and impacts societies. Also serving as an educational catalyst to expand interest in the science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) areas, the Museum uses tools such as mobile applications and wifi-enabled display objects to engage and entertain. It also publishes the tri-annual Journal of Science Fiction.
About Escape Velocity 2017:
The Museum of Science Fiction - in partnership with sponsors such as NASA and American University - is bringing Escape Velocity 2017 to Washington, DC. Building on the first annual Escape Velocity in 2016, which attracted some 2,700 attendees, the event will combine the fun of comic cons with the fascination of science and engineering festivals to entertain and to promote STEAM education. Escape Velocity seeks to re-invigorate the interest of young people in science, technology, engineering, art, and math by producing and presenting the most compelling, exciting, educational, and entertaining science festival in the United States using science fiction as the primary engine.
