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jimvolp General | Saturday September 20, 2008 | By jimvolp

Chris Bukowski is a student at MIT majoring in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering. He plans to stay for a fifth year and attempt to get a master’s degree and after will commission as a second lieutenant into the United States Air Force. Previous forays ...

jimvolp General | Thursday September 18, 2008 | By jimvolp

Wasn't aware that Google had this planned, but makes much sense given Google Earth of course.  More info... For a pic and spec of the sat, look here .

jimvolp General | Tuesday September 16, 2008 | By jimvolp

I never published this entry, till now... Major update since my last postings: I have made it to the first round of tests to fulfill my childhood goal: to become astronaut.  Next week I will as one of the last people (probably because my surname...

jimvolp General | Tuesday September 16, 2008 | By jimvolp

Today I received the email I was afraid of more than half of my life: I am no longer considered for consequent rounds of the ESA astronaut selection. Rationally, I was of course prepared for this, but emotionally, I am, as you can imagine, quite unhappy. I...

jimvolp General | Thursday September 04, 2008 | By jimvolp

Deadline to apply: 31st October 2008. Spaceref states: "Applications are currently being accepted for the 2009 CanSat Competition.   This annual competition is open to university and college students from the United States, Canada,...

jimvolp General | Tuesday August 26, 2008 | By jimvolp

Why go to school if you can educate yourself?  http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm I just downloaded myself crazy.....! Enjoy!

jimvolp General | Friday August 15, 2008 | By jimvolp

Dear colleagues, Twice a year there is a good reason to throw a space related party all over the world: in April there is Yuri's Night and from 4th till 10th October there is the World Space Week(.org). WSW was declared by the United Nations in...

jimvolp General | Thursday August 07, 2008 | By jimvolp

There were some difficulties with the server recently, sorry about that.  

Road Trip to Space General | Wednesday June 25, 2008 | By kittell

I don't think I'll post here at Road Trip to Space anymore. Over the past few weeks, I've been investing my space industry-related time to maintaining the American Astronautical Society web site. Aside from that, I post on my own site, KirkKittell.com . See...

jimvolp General | Friday June 20, 2008 | By jimvolp

Hi, I want to share all my bookmarks with you, via my del.icio.us page: http://del.icio.us/jimvolp I started using del.icio.us because I got frustrated that when working on different computers, you always need that one bookmark that you just saved on your...

jimvolp General | Monday June 09, 2008 | By jimvolp

I believe strongly in the importance of youth participation. In fact that is the purpose of this blog: to increase the participation of youth in space. There are three links I want to share with you: 1) The TakingITGlobal Guide to Action: ...

jimvolp General | Monday June 09, 2008 | By jimvolp

The weekly Planetary Exploration Newsletter (PEN) was set up one year ago to provide ’news and announcements across the professional community of planetary science and related disciplines’.   I just visited the site at http://www.planetarynews.org and...

SEDSWiki updates twitter space_news | General | Tuesday June 03, 2008 | By kittell

Twitter feeds related to space missions updated: Mars Phoenix Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Planck

SEDSWiki updates General | Monday June 02, 2008 | By kittell

The May 2008 edition of the Vellore Institute of Technology SEDS chapter has been posted to SEDSWiki: Ex Astr!s, May 2008 . Have a look -- the VIT students do an excellent job.

SEDSWiki updates blogspamblacklist | General | Thursday May 29, 2008 | By kittell

The following entries to the Blog Spam Blacklist were updated today: newyorkcitylifeonline.com proboards80.com proboards81.com proboards84.com probards85.com youtube.com/doctortanna If you're a SEDS Blogs user, here's how this...

SEDS-Earth arizona nasa university phoenix of | Space News | Sunday May 25, 2008 | By Pradeep

The Phoenix Lander mission to Mars is expected to touch down on that planet at about 0000 hrs (GMT). The mission is searching for evidence that there were ever habitable environment on Mars. It will also make a geological study and study the property of the...

Open Engineering Design innocentive collaboration hardware kluster open design | General | Tuesday May 20, 2008 | By aschultz

From time to time I like to check in and see what's going on in the world of crowd sourcing.  I make sure to visit pioneering sites like Kluster and Innocentive when I do.  A few days ago, I discovered a drastic change to the Kluster site along...

SEDSWiki updates blogspamblacklist | General | Tuesday May 13, 2008 | By kittell

Added two more entries to the Blog Spam Blacklist : nature-review.com webng.com If you're a SEDS Blogs user, here's how this blacklist can be helpful to you. Copy the blacklist from the wiki. In your blog settings, go to Preferences > Settings >...

SEDSWiki updates sedswiki | General | Tuesday May 13, 2008 | By kittell

The SEDSWiki Categorization Drive of 2008 is over. It's OK to have a few uncategorized categories, nearly impossible -- or at least impractical -- to categorize all of them. Uncategorized pages: 0 Uncategorized images: 0 (previous: 80) ...

SEDSWiki updates colloqia prl | Events | Monday May 12, 2008 | By Pradeep

14 May 2008 : Colloqia on Astronomical Dust , Ahmedabad, India (Courtesy: Physical Research Laboratory ) Added to Space Websites : Kaguya Archives (with the latest hi-res Earth rise and Earth set images from Kaguya) and IUCAA SciPop (a...

jimvolp General | Monday May 12, 2008 | By jimvolp

The European Space Agency is looking for a new group of astronauts .   This is the chance of a life time to make my aspirations that I have since a young boy come true!   Today an information meeting took place where I work and  even...

jimvolp General | Monday May 12, 2008 | By jimvolp

The response to the internship opportunity is pretty overwhelming.   Over 55 people have responded, and currently between 2 (already confirmed) and 5 interns will be based in Madrid for the first round which means more or less till September 2008....

Road Trip to Space nasa education | General | Monday May 12, 2008 | By kittell

Courtesy NASA EXPRESS email list: INSPIRE Counselors Needed The Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience, also known as INSPIRE, is seeking educators to supervise high school students during eight-week...

SEDSWiki updates sedswiki | General | Monday May 12, 2008 | By kittell

Updated status of the Great SEDSWiki Categorization Drive of 2008: Uncategorized pages: 0 (previous: 50) Uncategorized images: 80 (previous: 90) Uncategorized templates: 0 Uncategorized categories: 20 If you are a SEDSWiki user or...