The ESO is going to award a trip to their German headquarters to one lucky comet tweeter. This is from their site: "On 15 June, ESA will mark a quarter-century of comet science and say (temporarily) 'good night' to Rosetta with a special event at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. One talented Twitter user will be selected to join us as our guest at the event. Between now and 9 June, you're invited to tell us, via Twitter, why comets are cool. To take part, simply tweet your entry. It must include the "* #coolcomet*" hashtag<http://support.twitter.com/entries/49309-what-are-hashtags-symbols>, leaving you a mere 130 characters, so brevity is important. Your tweet may also include a single URL, or weblink, that links to a 'non-text' submission, such as a picture, image, photo, animation, video, audio file or any other sort of digital content. Maybe you can sing a song about comets, and submit a link to a video of you singing in YouTube? (The judges will look unfavourably on any content that takes longer than 3 minutes to view). We'll review all submissions and our expert judging panel will grade tweets for clarity, wit, humour, scientific accuracy and originality (and, yes, spelling counts)." Here is a link to the announcement: http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/5/1332 Here is a link to the rules and details: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMB6UNSNNG_0.html There is also a second and third prize. - First: travel to ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, and special guest invitation to comet event on the evening of 15 June (max value limited to €1000) - Second: Rosetta tee-shirt, poster, ball cap and coffee mug - Third: ESA memory stick Just thought since some members of the board are into comets this might be interesting. -- Jay Eads