Well, for guys, anyway.
OK, I recognize Michelle Murray (of FAA-AST) on the left, but who are the other two? Name tags are hidden. As Glenn notes, there are a lot more women (and attractive ones) at space conferences these days (compared to, say, the eighties). I think that has something to do with the excitement of the privatization activities, though the increase in the number of women engineers since then is probably a contributor as well. Not that there aren't roles for other professions in opening up the frontier.
If that's eye candy, you have pretty low standards.
Hey, it's a space conference, not the auto show or the academy awards. It's all relative. I think they're pretty cute.
Sort of like the Protest Babe theory of capitalism. You can judge who'll succeed based on where the cute ladies hang out?
Anyone been to a NASA control room lately?
I'm going to be cynical and say it has something to do with "space" being seen more as a group enrichment activity with PR and sociological challenges than the pursuit of individual glory with engineering and science challenges.
Left side is Michelle Murray (FAA)
Right side is Nicole Jordan (Xprize)
Middle? Unknown.
Right side is Nicole Jordan (Xprize)
Ah. I knew she looked familiar, but couldn't quite place her.
[looking at picture again]
I'll take your word for it, Paul, and you're probably right (particularly considering that Michelle is there, too) but that doesn't look like Nikki to me. But it's not a great picture.
I will second all remarks. The girls here are HOT. I've never been to one of these before, and I expected it to be all older guys with bushy beards.
Well then, Jon, I guess it was a good thing *I* wasn't there.
I got to dance with Cassie (the one in the middle) at the end of last year's conference here in Dallas. Everyone was in the decompression mode of general clean/pack-up, there was a wedding band downstairs playing something, and Cassie and I just spontaneously started ballroom dancing dancing around the display area.
She's smart and has wit. That makes her hot in my book.
I seem to recall some dancing involving Michelle at Organ Stop Pizza in March. She's lovely. Was that you, Doug? Or maybe Randall.
-- another of the bushy beard brigade
Now, I have nothing against men with great bushy beards. Aerospace guys seem to be a lot like search engine engineers. They're a lot of fun and happy to be themselves. But I'm a young guy.... :)