**FIRST EMAIL*/Opportunity to host a potential team from New Zealand at the Champions

[dachickindapit]

HOT hosted a teacher and 2 students all weekend at the Championships. I spent a lot of time with them, and they were great! We're keeping in touch with them as they get things rolling "down under."

[Madison]

NASA does, after all, have a long-standing relationship with the friendly, science-minded populace of that part of the world.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

NASA does, after all, have a long-standing relationship with the friendly, science-minded populace of that part of the world.

Uh, Madison, you do know that New Zeeland isn't part of Australia, right? They probably get a little touchy about that. Kind of like when we treat Canada as a not-quite-State.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Uh, Madison, you do know that New Zeeland isn't part of Australia, right? They probably get a little touchy about that. Kind of like when we treat Canada as a not-quite-State.

That's why I said "part of the world," though I understand what you mean. Those New Zealand folks can be a bit, uh, rambunctious. There aren't many folks who'll tell the US Navy to go park their ships elsewhere, after all.