The LSPC trip was reported as having gone well.
New conferences were discussed:
Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS)
International Space Development Conference (ISDC)
Club Activites
Yuri's Night could happen with Space Aliens or at the Student Union for UND Night Life, OR it could happen at both locations.
Trip to Soudan Lab with sites near Duluth, MN and Chicago, IL. Brochure
Next Meeting will be on March 24.
Web site content will remain the same until a later time.
Research activites to find costs, and more details about it:
Star Parties - Will
First Aid - Jessica
HAB, HASP - Eric
Trip to Badlands - Matt
Yuri's Night - Josh
Recruitment of new members through club expo; handing out flyers, candy, or whatever.
SEDS wants opinion on space exploration now that Constellation has been terminated.
It may be possible for DSS to give a leture next year at the physics/astrophysics lecture series that is held every 3rd Tuesday in Whitmer Hall.
--Members Present--
Matt Voigt, Josh Nelson, Eric O'Dea, John Boucha, Jessica Blagen, Will Swearson, Martin Hynes.
Topics of discussion were: electing officers, defining objectives and activities, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), and Students for the Exploration and Development for Space (SEDS).
--Elected Officers--
President: Josh Nelson
SEDS Chapter Rep.: Jessica Blagen
Treasurer: Eric O'Dea
Secretary/Webmaster: John Boucha
Education/Public Outreach: Mark Williamson
--Club Meetings--
General DSS meetins will be held every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month.
--Activities--
Yuri's night at Space Aliens
LPSC
Star parties with astronomy club
International Space Week
Geological trip to badlands
UND High Altitude Balloon launches
Mars Desert Research UND Team
HASP
ARTEMIS
Certification for Red Cross, Amatuer Radio, etc.
Satellite AMSAT ground station
LAN Parties
Trivia Night
PISCES Moon Competition
USLI
SEDS
--Members Present--
Josh Nelson, Eric O'Dea, Mark Williamson, Jessica Blagen, Will Swearson, John Boucha, Matt Voight, Martin Hynes, Ron Fevig.
The Saturday balloon launch was a success. The balloon launched at 8:58am and was recovered at approximately 11:30am 5 miles north-north east of Argyle, MN. It landed 58.77 miles NE of the launch site. Some tracking points were not saved but you can see the path of the balloon here.
View the online photo gallery here.
The backup tracking device is a SPOT gps unit that transmits every 11-20 minutes, approximately, and is able to do so at altitudes below 20,000 feet, and should meet our requirements as secondary tracking. A public map for tracking can be found at the following url:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0Ndp9rcCrqCDAd6AubjUcrOmUeqUyfSXX
1 possible flight path was resolved from Near Space Ventures and can be seen here: Click for map!
The first available date for a UND High-Altitude Balloon (UND HAB) launch is Saturday, November 7.
The purpose of this flight is to test the tracking gear that John Boucha and Sanchit Goyal having been working on.
We may also fly a small biological payload provided by Dr. Rygalov (Space Studies). This launch would occur in early-
to mid-morning on that day, and the chase could last well into the afternoon.
How many of you would be able to participate in a launch on this date? How many would be able to provide transportation
during the chase? In the past, participants have been re-imbursed for gas expenses. I anticipate the same still holds true,
but will check into that prior to the launch date.
First meeting was held today, October 10th, following the astronaut Karen Nyberg conversation. Ten members attended with a brief presentation by society advisor Dr. Ron Fevig.