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Last SPS/SEDS Meeting of the Semester!. Monday, December 4, 2006. STS-116: Night Launch!. Discovery to launch Dec. 7 @ 9:36 pm Window from 9:30-9:40 pm Countdown begins tonight at 11 pm Other launch windows: 12/08: 9:08-9:18 pm 12/09: 8:42-8:52 pm. … check out more at spaceflightnow.com.
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Last SPS/SEDS Meetingof the Semester! Monday, December 4, 2006
STS-116: Night Launch! • Discovery to launch Dec. 7 @ 9:36 pm • Window from 9:30-9:40 pm • Countdown begins tonight at 11 pm • Other launch windows: • 12/08: 9:08-9:18 pm • 12/09: 8:42-8:52 pm. • … check out more at spaceflightnow.com
Your name on the Moon • SELENE, JAXA’s Moon exploration satellite, will launch in the summer of 2007 • Until 01/31, you can put your name and a short message (40 letters) on this spacecraft • www.jaxa.jp/pr/event/selene/index_e.html
Space Frontier Foundation • www.space-frontier.org • Co-founded by Rick Tumlinson • “Pound for pound the most effective space organization on Earth.”
National Space Society • www.nss.org • George Whitesides: Executive Director • SEDS members have a $2 discount off the student rate to join ($18) • International Space Development Conference: May 24-28, Dallas TX • Can get in free if you volunteer • isdc.nss.org/2007
International Space University • www.isunet.edu • Summer Session: Beijing, China • June 25 to August 24 • Scholarship: www.nss.org/scholarship • $10000 from NSS, SEDS, Space Gen • Deadline: Jan 31, 2007
World Space Expo • November 3-11, 2007 • www.kennedyspacecenter.com/worldspaceexpo/index.asp Sugar Rockets • Jimmy Yawn: See handout • www.jamesyawn.com
Miscellaneous • Space Blitz: Feb ’07: Washington • Yuri’s Night: April ’07: www.yurisnight.net • Space Tourism Society • www.spacetourismsociety.org • 4Frontiers (settlement of Mars) • www.4frontiers.com • Clothes! www.skyfirelab.com • Mints! www.bawls.com
Internship Opportunities • activities.fit.edu/SPS/internships.html