Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
- At June 15, 2004
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
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The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame opens in Seattle this week. The New York Times has an article on it today:
SEATTLE, June 10 – Donna L. Shirley used to run NASA’s Mars exploration program. Now she is doing something even more far out.
Ms. Shirley, who retired from NASA in 1998, is director of the new Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame here, set to open on June 18. Instead of pointing space probes at the next rock out from the Sun, she now oversees exhibits exploring the universe of “What if?,” from genetic engineering to aliens to parallel worlds.
“I took the job because I really believe that science fiction can be used to interest people in literacy, science and technology,” Ms. Shirley said, “and because I thought it would be fun.”