Hampshire College Space Program Unrecognized

Mission Statement
Gathering people together to learn about the universe, cosmology, astronomy, space, planetary science and so forth. We look through telescopes, and talk about launching things into orbit. We also work to expand and enrich the quantity and quality of Starcraft on campus, and work to create LANs and strategy sessions.

The Hampshire College Space Program is a group of students interested in astronomy, space travel, Starcraft, and related subjects. Fall 2009 signers are Kristian Brevik, Lindsay Barbieri and Adam Krellenstein.

Space!


 * Every Tuesday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 in the Greenwich/Enfield house office we will be screening Carl Sagan's A Violent Universe and discussing Space. In addition we may discuss Life in the Universe written by Shklovskii but translated, edited and expanded by Sagan. Bring any space-related ideas you'd like with you and come to the GE House Office! (Farm Share Lunch stirfry at 12:30 in the house office beforehand, courtesy of the GE ResLife Interns.)

Starcraft!


 * The Space Program has purchased a 'ticket' for the GomTV Starcraft tournament, ongoing through October in Korea. To watch the VOD's, go to http://www.gomtv.net/classics3/ and click on download with the match you want. Just enter mrjdo(at)hampshire.edu (but with @ instead) into the box that pops up and click "Check" and the Starcraft shall be yours!




 * Hampshire now has a Starcraft team! We have officially joined the Collegiate League Starcraft. Practices will be held every Friday at 6:00pm in the ASH lab to prepare for our matches against MIT, Harvard, Yale, McGill, Tuffs, and RIP. Check out our full schedule and come to the ASH computer lab on Saturdays to play or watch!

Future projects:


 * Great World Wide Star Count (Oct. 9-23, 2009)
 * Colonizing Mars discussion (Late October 2009)
 * Trip to the Amherst College planetarium (November/December 2009)
 * Trip to the Boston Science Museum and planetarium (January 2010 - Jan Term)
 * Starcraft EPEC course (January/Spring Semester - Email kab06 at hampshire dot edu if interested)
 * Art Gallery installation of various Space Ships real and sci-fi through the ages (Spring Semester)
 * Trip to the Smithsonian Space Museum (Spring Semester)
 * Why go back to the Moon? talk with Darby Dyar or Jim Head (Spring Semester)

Slightly More Wishful Future Projects:


 * Build rail gun?
 * Weather balloon
 * Play with Stellarium
 * Space Elevator
 * Space Escalator

Things we might want to get:


 * Binoculars
 * Telescope (with GOTO function and CCD hookup)
 * Keys to Cole's telescopes
 * Starcraft League Uniforms
 * Space Ship

Inventory

 * Estes Rockets. Lots of them.