Championships location from 07 and onwards

[IMDWalrus]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

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.

If you don't mind me asking...

How do you know about it if it's a classified project? And would anyone have known what the numbers meant if you hadn't made your post?

If Dave's getting in trouble for this one, it seems like you might be too...

[santosh]

SAn Antonio has the astrodome I think it is called. For the money, the only other city i could see myself going to would be Toronto. A lot of people absolutely love that regional so I wonder if championships there would be amazing.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by santosh

SAn Antonio has the astrodome I think it is called. For the money, the only other city i could see myself going to would be Toronto. A lot of people absolutely love that regional so I wonder if championships there would be amazing.

The Astrodome was the pit area in HOUSTON. Is there a stadium that could hold a Championship in San Antonio?

[santosh]

Crap. Yeah I feel like an idiot. It is actually th alamo dome. That would definetly be big nough for Championships. For some odd reason I think they use only half of it for the basketball itself. It seems very od that thy do that but that is what I heard.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by santosh

the only other city i could see myself going to would be Toronto. A lot of people absolutely love that regional so I wonder if championships there would be amazing.

They would be, provided the Canadians got to work their effortless organizational magic on the proceedings. They're like Oompa Loompas, they are.

[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by IMDWalrus

If you don't mind me asking...

How do you know about it if it's a classified project? And would anyone have known what the numbers meant if you hadn't made your post?

If Dave's getting in trouble for this one, it seems like you might be too...

Do you work for the government? Is this an interrogation? Do I need to call a lawyer (not that I have one, mind you).

PS - I am program director for small gas turbine engines, and the turbines for these encoders are really, really, really small. Have you seen how tiny an encoder is?

PSS - Should it become necessary, I will deny ever knowing Dave, and immediately change my screen name.

[Tuba4]

The folks in Toronto (Karthik are you listening?) really know how to put on a good regional in Mississauga at the Hershey Centre (they do spell things a little differently). But they would have to move to the Skydome (50,000+ seating) downtown for the championship. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is right next door and could be used for pits. Tons of stuff to see and do. Literally hundreds of restaurants within walking distance of the Dome. Nice subway system to get around. How about the wrap party at the Ontario Centennial Science Centre?

The only negative I could even think of would be the cost of getting robots and equipment shipped across the border.

[KTorak]

Originally Posted by Tuba4

The only negative I could even think of would be the cost of getting robots and equipment shipped across the border.

And people...What are customs like for flying across the border? I know that driving across the border is a fairly simple process..atleast at The Ambassader Bridge in Detroit, MI