Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards
 

My guess is that those coded lines are rover locations for Spirit and Opportunity (not necessarily in that order) or else locations of major geographic locations on Mars.

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Nationals on Mars would be so awesome. Dave could finally find his car.

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Mars would be cool, but you guys complain about the passport issue/robot transportation to Canada? GOOD Luck with Mars ;)

But seriously, if there was any way possible of having this happen in Canada at some point in time..All I'd be able to say is WoW!

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I didn't think it was possible for Dave to be any more cryptic.

I was wrong.

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But think of the school you'd miss!

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being the east coast has held it soo many times i dont see why that would change i know in nyc madison square garden probably couldnt handel this size event but if that new olympic/jets stadium gets passedfor the 2008 olympics that would definately be a prime place to hold nationals.

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Perhaps its the ISP numbers of people who live in the area!!

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Any place that has a dome is in the running (you need a large arena to accomidate a ever growing list of teams) but the need for decent weather is also a good indicator.
I think the top areas in the running are Atlanta (it aint broke why fix it) Houston (they did a pretty good job and I'm sure they could learn alot from their previous experience), New Orleans (they cretainly have the facilities to host such a large event).
San Antonio has a dome as well, right?

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Just as a thought, wouldn't any football stadium with nearby pit-worthy space do the job? Tents over the fields worked for Disney.

(This is why I think Columbia could do the job at Williams-Brice Stadium--well, other than the lack of hotels.)

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Yeah but if a storm like the one we had down in Atlanta come through a tent won't stand up to the weather as well as a domed stadium will.

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I hate to disagree about Houston, but do you really want to lug your robot up all those ramps, through a crowd, and across the Reliant floor? It was hard enough for me to get myself in--and I was a volunteer and found a way in that few used in the morning! 15 minute walk without a robot? Ugh. They need a robot only route that climbs fewer ramps if they return to Houston.
Atlanta? See you there.
New Orleans? Never been there, so I don't know.

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I say, if ATL is large enough and makes people happy enough lets just keep it there.

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You can't mean the Coral Sea... can you?

Wetzel

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Actually, those are the coordinates through a new S-GPS (Super Global Positioning System) that the Rolls-Royce 'skunk works' has been working on with NASA. The encoders are turbine powered, that's why RR is involved.

I am really surprised that Dave posted this information, I thought it was still a classified project.


And, by the way, those must be the coordinates for Indianapolis.
I remember that 067.15-07.8440 150.12-11.9540 are the coordinates for the Rolls-Royce plant, which is on the west side of downtown.

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Why do I get the feeling that, any minute now, government helicopters are going to descend on everyone who read that post, and sweep them off to never be heard from again...or maybe not...this could be a hoax. Oh well, come'n get me! :D