SEDS-Earth

Now from the other side of the globe, here is a message from the SEDS chapter at
the Vellore Institute of Technology -- the largest SEDS chapter in the world --
in Tamil Nadu, India. They are organizing the Students for the Exploration and
Development of Space International Conference (SEDSIC) in September, the annual
meeting of SEDS members worldwide.

Details:
* Web site: http://earth.seds.org
* Email list: http://www.seds.org/mailman/listinfo/sedsic
* Date: 22-23 September
* Fee: Rs. 500 for Indian national students; US$15 for international students
(registration will not be available until after exams at VIT, so mid-May)
Program:
* At night atop the VIT Tech Tower: star party with VIT's telescopes, HAM radio demonstration, and dinner
* Presentations by leaders in Indian space and technology programs, such as the Chandrayaan-I lunar mission, GSLV Mk-III heavy launch vehicle program, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
* Career talk with professional scientists and engineers
* Preliminary Design Review of international CubeSat project SEDSAT-2,http://www.seds.org/sedsat2
* Update on activities from representatives of the various national branches of SEDS
Design Competition: Leading up to the event, SEDS will host a design competition. The topic: conceptual design of a series of small lunar rovers that fit in a 20kg payload.
THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE A HALF-TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY.

The full details are available here:
http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/SEDSIC2007_Design_Competition. The deadline tonotify of your participation is 13 July. Selected entries will be invited to
present their proposal at the conference.


For the full press release: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22453

For more information, contact conference director Pranav Aggarwal at
pranav.pranavaggarwal1986@gmail.com; for general inquiries about international
SEDS programs, send an email to international@seds.org. If you are also
attending the Space Generation Congress and International Astronautical
Congress, let us know and we can discuss transportation between Hyderabad and
Vellore.