Christensen for the voice cast. Besides guys that pretend to be outer-space adventurers, Quantum also includes Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, who for the first time lends his voice to an animated movie in the role of meteorite hunter Jack Doohan.

Kloor met Armstrong at Purdue University while earning Ph.D. degrees in physics and chemistry. “When I asked Neil if he wanted to promote science to the public through a science fiction film as a means to reach all those people who shy away from traditional science and educational or edutainment films, he read the script and liked the approach,” Kloor told Wired.com in an e-mail.

Following Saturday’s 8:30 p.m. DragonCon screening in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis’ Atrium Ballroom, Kloor will appear with Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and others at the “Captain Kirks vs. Darth Vaders: The Inside Stories Behind the Making of Quantum Quest” panel.

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, written and co-directed by Kloor, is slated for release in large-format 3-D theaters in late 2010.

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Authors: Hugh Hart

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