perfect setting to debut the
Intergalactic Travel Bureau in this country, said Mark Rosin, a
physicist at UCLA and one of the founders of Guerilla Science.

"We did this at the Royal Observatory in London about a year and
a half ago, but this will be the Travel Bureau's first journey to
the United States," Rosin told SPACE.com. "The response was so
positive. The fact that it's playful makes it much more
enjoyable, and it takes the onus away from learning something."

The Travel Bureau is presented as interactive theater, where
participants can plan extraterrestrial vacations with scientists
who act as travel consultants. As people map out the journey,
they can learn about astronomy and human spaceflight in the
process. [ Our
Solar System: A Photo Tour of the Planets ]

"Say they want to take a cultural trip, we might suggestKoski said. "So
that's already making at least one of our vacation packages a
reality. There will be an employee at
SpaceX whose job it is to price out a package for a moon
adventure. It will probably be way more than any average person
can afford, but that makes the Intergalactic Travel Bureau so
much more realistic."

Rosin and Koski will both be present at the FIGMENT Art festival
this weekend representing Guerilla Science.

The Intergalactic Travel Bureau project is financed through
FundaGeek, a crowdsourcing initiative to help people raise money
for scientific and innovative programs. Supporters can pledge
money for the International Travel Bureau project through the
FundaGeek website.

The FIGMENT Art festival will run from June 9 to 10 on Governor's
Island. The free event features other space-themed exhibits,
including a musical performance called "Leonids," named for the
meteor shower, and a