The 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019) was held in Washington DC, 21-25 October. One advantage of the event being held in a "mainline" capital city - rather than the much smaller city of Bremen last year and Adelaide the year before that - is that it has excellent transport connections encouraging many participants to come. The downside is that it is expensive..Washington, of course, has its own attractions and for space aficionados this means the Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian. In the central museum about half the main galleries were closed for refurbishment, but fortunately the main space exhibitions were open including a good one detailing the history of the Space Shuttle.
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