Okay, now that I’ve cognitively set you up for this request, look what came through my inbox just now….
Loki, I know you never sign petitions but this is a MUST.
Hello from two CICLOPS Alliance members and fellow fans of Cassini!
For those of you who may have missed the big news, CICLOPS imaging director Carolyn Porco recently served as a science consultant on this year’s blockbuster feature-length film, Star Trek. In subsequent posts to the CICLOPS message boards (see the comments at http://ciclops.org/view_event.php?id=109), a few of you brought up the idea of petitioning to get Carolyn a cameo spot in the sequel, which is currently in pre-production and will likely release in 2011. In response to those comments, a couple of us put our brains together and decided to draft a real petition! We showed this to Carolyn, and she loved the idea, saying she’d be “honored to wear the Federation uniform.”
To move things along, she graciously agreed to let us send this note to her friends and supporters, fans of Cassini, and all CICLOPS Alliance members as a call to action. You will see that the petition says–and I’m sure you would all agree–that there are many reasons why Carolyn deserves a spot in front of the camera. So I urge you to please get out there and make your voices heard! If we can get 10,000 people to heed our call, I don’t think there’s any way that producer J.J. Abrams (with whom Carolyn worked on the 2009 film) will be able to ignore it!
To sign the petition (and leave a comment, if you like!), simply go to:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/dr-carolyn-porco-deserves-a-star-trek-cameo
and sign up. And be sure to spread the word to everyone and anyone you know!
Thanks in advance for your support.
If i ever have access to a paper petition i will certainly sign it. I won’t do it online because the online version goes through a data mining company that has terms and conditions that allow them to what they want with my information. One of the many onerous conditions is that once you opt in you can’t opt out. Sorry.
HM, paper. Let me see.