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'Strap yourself in and feel the Gs': NASA announces 'Max Power' aerospace expo

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'Strap yourself in and feel the Gs': NASA announces 'Max Power' aerospace expo

NASA will hold a two-day aerospace exposition this November, and it may draw a surprising number of "Simpsons" fans.

The event, which NASA announced today (Aug.

14), will be held Nov.

7 and Nov.

8 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Florida's Space Coast.

It's called "Max Power," which is also a famous Homer Simpson pseudonym.

In the 13th episode of the show's 10th season, which first aired in February 1999, Homer legally changed his name to Max Power.

He wanted to disassociate himself from a bumbling character on the (fictional) TV show "Police Cops" who shared his given moniker.

Homer made the switch to Max Power — which he said he got off a hair dryer — without consulting his family, a move that did not go over well.

"Wait a minute!" his dad protested.

"The family name is my legacy to you.

I got it from my father, and he got it from his father, and he traded a mule for it.

And that mule went on to save spring break." Homer's wife Marge was also displeased.

"But I fell in love with Homer Simpson," she said.

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