NASA runs the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for writers who want to know a more about astronomy.

It runs for a week in July in Laramie, Wyoming, and it is FREE! You need to pay for the hotel, of course and get yourself out there, somehow.

If I had the cash for a plane ticket, I’d go. There are only a couple of seats left and they will be sold out soon, so sign up now! I am book-markng this and maybe next year or the year after – who knows?

Launch Pad is a free, NASA-funded workshop for established writers held in beautiful high-altitude Laramie, Wyoming. Launch Pad aims to provide a “crash course” for twelve attendees in modern astronomy science through workshops, guest lectures, and observation through the University of Wyoming’s two large telescopes.

This year’s guest instructor is Jerry Oltion, amateur astronomer and science fiction author. Other lecturers include University of Wyoming professors Michael S. Brotherton, PhD and Jim Verley.