A local focus
This installment of the SEDS USA blog will focus on the happenings of my own local chapter while the next few will be on other local chapters.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a SEDS chapter that boasts about 50 members and active technical, social, and educational outreach programs. Our technical project is a super sonic rocket that is to carry a 45 kg payload up to about 6000 meters. Once built and tested, it is to be launched and its position tracked used an array of audio sensors. These data will then be compared with GPS recordings. On the educational side we are preparing for Illinois Space Day, which is to be held on the 14th of April and is to be oriented toward younger students. It will include a video conference with astronaut Scott Altman. Also we are working on sending presentations to local schools in an effort to increase space enthusiasm. Our social plans include Yuri's Night on April 12th as well as participating in the Relay for Life against cancer. And that's it.
Posted at 05:05PM Apr 10, 2007 by Danderson2 in General | Comments[0]