August 14, 2007
The Juno mission was introduced to the public in Des Moines, Iowa at
the State Fair on 14 August 2007 by Dr.
Bill Kurth (Lead, WAVES
instrument on Juno), George Hospodarsky, and Kathy Kurth from
the University of Iowa along with Juno mission E/PO lead Rosalyn Pertzborn
and her staff from UW-Madison. The booth featured an interactive kiosk
that allowed visitors to "launch" an animation depicting the Juno
mission. A large poster (anaglyph) prepared by JPL served as the backdrop
for the kiosk to attract the visitors and presented a 3-D "view" of
the Juno Spacecraft hovering over Jupiter.
The Iowa State
Fair has been held since 1854, and in the last decade has been drawing
over a million visitors each year over a ten day period. It has inspired
a novel, "State Fair", three movies and the Broadway musical by Rodgers
and Hammerstein. The
Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University
of Iowa has been participating in this fair for some time, and in 2007
featured the Cassini Mission currently returning data from Saturn and
the planned Juno mission to Jupiter, both of which have instruments
built by the University of Iowa.
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