Spring 2008

• 1/17/08 – Space Internships Night
• One of CUSEDS’ most well known events, the space internship night is a chance for many upperclassmen / graduate students to give a brief summary of an internship they have previously held. Over the course of 3 minutes each student describes the internship, who they would recommend the job to, and the how to acquire that particular internship. The opportunities represented this year were: X PRIZE Foundation, United Space Alliance, Honeywell, LASP, ATK, Air Force Research Labs, Naval Research Labs, NASA Academy, and SEDS Affiliated Companies
  
  
• 2/20/08 – Eclipse Viewing, (6:43pm)
• CUSEDS organized a location to view the solar eclipse to appear on Feb 20th and received a large response for this viewing. However the event was cancelled at the last minute due to cloud cover.
  
  
• 3/5/08 – Guest Speaker: Dr. Webster Cash
• Dr. Webster Cash of the CU Physics Department spoke to CUSEDS about his work on an exo-planet finding telescope. Dr. Cash’s research recently received a follow-on study to determine the cost and feasibility of creating a Hubble-sized telescope in conjunction with a large star-shield to be placed in the field of view several thousand miles away. Dr. Cash is confident that this design would be a cost effective way (relative to other concepts) to perform a spectral analysis on exo-solar planets. His lecture went over his design, and attracted large physics student crowd then what CUSEDS typically sees.
  
  
• 3/9-12/08 – March Storm, Lobbying on Capitol
• Four students received funding to travel to Capitol Hill and educate congressional staffers of the current state of the space industry and concerns which are present. Unfortunately, two of the (graduate) students were not able to attend at the last minute due conflicts with their lab schedules. The event lasted for two days and was successful, the traveling group was able to meet up with a former CUSEDS member within the area.
  
  
• 3/19/08 – Guest Speaker: John Healy
• John Healy is a seasoned employee of Lockheed Martian working on the Orion project. Healy became the manager of the Command/Service Module for North American after the Apollo 1 fire and his leadership team played a key role in readying the spacecraft for flight during the difficult times. Healy’s role during the Apollo program is played by Brandon Smith in “The Earth to the Moon” HBO TV series. Healy spoke to a small group of CUSEDS students around a table and discussed the evolvement of his career starting as a student right out of college to the leader of thousands of North American employees. Healy also stated many of the life lessons he has learned to the group and ensured that everyone attending the lecture was involved. The presentation was recorded and should soon be available to download.
  
  
• 4/12/08 – Yuri's Night events
• A CUSEDS Yuri’s Night committee was setup in January to plan two events on April 12th: an outreach session at the University of Colorado Fiske Planetarium for students K-6 and an evening VIP / concert party. The outreach event attracted ~800 students/parents to the planetarium and featured free ice cream, raffles, Yuri’s Night pencils (Russian Space Pens) and display tables. The evening event started with a VIP reception for 75 people and later evolved into a free-to-the-public +21 concert featuring two bands and giveaways attracting ~400 people.
  






• 4/23/08 – Guest Speaker: Dr. David Klaus / Semester Wrap up
• Dr. David Klaus, a professor of bioastronautics and faculty advisor to CUSEDS spoke at the last CUSEDS “wrap-up” meeting for the academic year. He spoke about his career as a NASA mission operations specialist and his experiences with the application process for the astronaut core.

Fall 2007

• 9/5/07 – Fall 2007 Kickoff Meeting - Fiske Planetarium
• This event featured Jose Matienzo, a NASA engineer who will be spoke about NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration
• Special tour of eighteen wheeler multimedia trailer exhibit where viewers were able to touch a moon rock
• Half Fast subs were sponsored by the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department
  
  
• 9/19/07 – CUSEDS Elections Meeting & Movie Night - Fiske Planetarium
• We had elections and watched an inspirational episode of "From the Earth to the Moon"
  
  
• 10/4/07 – World Space Week Oct. 4 Boulder events - Fiske Planetarium
• The day featured talks from Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, Ryan Kobrick, and Keith Gleason.
• A refreshment break and reception hour was sponsored by the Secure World Foundation.
• 50 years of spaceflight was celebrated on the anniversary of Sputnik I (Oct. 4 1957)
• Check out the webpage from the event for details
• URL: http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/CUSEDS/Events/WSW/2007/WSW2007.htm





• 10/9/07 – CUSEDS Lunch with NASA's Dr. Wendell Mendell - Seebass Conference Room
• Members enjoyed a catered lunch from the Aerospace Engineering Department and discussion with one of NASA's top scientists and Manager of the Human Exploration Science Office at JSC within the Constellation program
  
  
• 10/22/07 - CUSEDS Movie Night
• CUSEDS members displayed they had the 'right stuff' while attending a screening of "The Right Stuff" in the Aerospace graduate lounge
  
  
• 10/24-26/07 - 2007 X PRIZE Cup Road Trip - Alamogordo, New Mexico
• X PRIZE Cup Website: http://space.xprize.org/x-prize-cup/





• 11/9-12/07 SEDS National Conference, SpaceVision 2007 - MIT, Boston, MA
• Conference Website: http://spacevision.seds.org





• 12/6/07 - CUSEDS Comet & Star Gazing - Flat Irons
• Unfortunately this event was canceled due to overcast weather. CUSEDS plans on having future star gazing nights in the upcoming semesters.
  
  
• 12/13/07 - CUSEDS Final Year Event - Location TBD
• Leonard and Barbara David - CUSEDS' first guest speakers from 2006 are back to share their X PRIZE Cup and SpaceVision experiences plus much more in the year's final event

Spring 2007

• 2/8/07 – Spring Kickoff Meeting  - CU Boulder Campus
• Presentation of SEDS vision, mission, and volunteer opportunities
• Featured speaker: Ryan Kobrick – Expedition Mars Analog Training Series
• 3/1/07 – Astronaut Farmer Movie Outing
• CUSEDS members went out to see Astronaut Farmer with Billy Thorton.
• 3/4/07 – March Storm – Washington D.C.
• 3 CU-SEDS members attended national event in Washington DC
• 3-day lobbying event sponsored by non-profit space advocacy group “Pro Space”
• Students networked with other space enthusiasts, met and discussed space industry topics with members of congress, and gained first-hand experience with the legislative process.
• 3/22/07 – CUSEDS Space Night – CU Boulder Campus
• Students who attended March storm present their thoughts and experiences.
• Featured speaker: Brian Enke from Southwest Research Institute and 4 Frontiers Foundation – How to Build a Mars Settlement in our Lifetimes
• 4/9/07 – 4/12/07 – National Space Symposium – Colorado Springs, CO
• CU SEDS students coordinated and helped staff a booth at the largest space industry gathering in the United States.
• Also helped students attend the space career fair at the Symposium.
• 4/9/07 – Career Strategies for New Aerospace Engineers – CU-Boulder Campus
• Featured Speaker: Dr. Paul Graf
• Inside perspective on landing an aerospace career, presented by respected long-time space scientist, aerospace systems engineering consultant, and CU professor.
• 4/12/07 – Yuri’s Night Celebration – Boulder, CO
• International event celebrating the anniversary of mankind’s first steps into space.
• CUSEDS hosted Boulder celebration
• Live music featuring Storytyme and Interstate Stash Express, prizes from many community sponsors, and more.



• 4/23/07 – Summer Space Events / Inside Orion – CU Boulder Campus
• A summary of space industry events and opportunities for volunteering and networking over the summer months.
• Presentation of CU SEDS plans for the coming semester and beyond.
• Featured speaker: Dr. Vanessa Aponte, CU alumnus and systems engineer on project Orion- A Report from Project Orion
• 5/19 – 5/21: Spring Technical Project: Lunar Ventures Competition

  • CUSEDS students participated with CCAR to compete in space-based business plan competition. CU team was one of 10 finalists in the national competition.

Fall 2006

DATE & Time*	CU SEDS EVENT & LOCATION	INFO
Thursday 21 SEPT '06 5~6:30pm	CUSEDS Kick off meeting! Where: ECCR 245 (Engineering Center Class Room Wing) What: We will have a 30min organizational meeting to discuss the plans for the semester followed by a showing of "From the Earth to the Moon: Apollo 17" in preparation for Dr. Jack Schmidt's visit to campus next week (see the email sent to the listserve last week). Also, please remember to bring $10 for dues! Food: Sandwiches and soda will be served for a light dinner	Meeting Minutes
Nov. 2 '06 5pm DLC Rm. 1B70	CUSEDS Meeting Lee Peterson will discuss the space campus initiative Wirefly X PRIZE Cup 2006 Highlights Outreach announcement Laika Night announcement	Presentation Slides
3 NOV '06	Laika Night 2006! November 3, 1957 Laika (Russian for "Barker") became the first dog in space and the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit! Laika Night Boulder will be celebrated this year at Dark Horse at 7pm! Meet in the back-room, we have the tables on the dance floor reserved. Happy Hour is until 8pm. The bar is all ages until 9:30pm, so all are welcome! Please RSVP to Ryan so we know how many to expect: ryan@yurisnight.net
28 Nov '06	OUTREACH EVENT Peak-to-Peak Charter School EVENT SUMMARY: CUSEDS did an outreach activity for 7th graders at Peak-to-Peak Charter School. We taught kids about space, NASA, and the Mars Rover. We also did a hands on activity for the kids called "Rover Races". This allowed kids to see how difficult it might be to drive the rovers. We had a lot of fun and look forward to more outreach activities next semester.
7 Dec '06 5:30pm DLC Bechtel Rm. 1B70	Final CUSEDS Semester Meeting co-sponsered by AIAA TOPIC: Internships… you want them, we know how you can get them! The following companies will be discussed in the short presentations from the alumni of their programs: ATK (Rich Rieber) Ball Aerospace (Laurren Kanner) Boeing (Jen Getz) JPL/USRP/SURF (Ben Herbert) LASP (Bruce Davis) Lockheed Martin (Brady Young & Lisa Geschwill) Microcosm Inc. (Sean O'Dell) NASA Academy (Dan Baca) NASA AMES (Liz Gauthier) NASA Goddard SFC (Bruce Davis) Northrop Grumman (Liz Gauthier) Orbital Sciences Corporation (Ben Herbert) X PRIZE Foundation (Ryan Kobrick) Food/refreshments will be provided by AIAA!	Presentation Slides
DATE & Time*	AFFILIATE EVENT & LOCATION	EVENT WEBSITE
18 SEPT '06	Anousheh Ansari goes to space to become 4th Space Participant (not tourist) and first female! Check out her spaceblog!!!	SPACEBLOG
Monday 25 SEPT '06 7-8pm	Dr. Jack Schmitt - “A trip to the Moon and beyond” UMC 235 (CU-Boulder campus)	Campus Map
Tuesday 26 SEPT '06 4-5pm	Dr. Jack Schmitt - "The Advisory Structure in NASA" CIRES Auditorium 338 (CU-Boulder campus)	Campus Map
Tuesday 26 SEPT '06 5:30-7pm	Barbra Sande, the JPL Solar System Abassador to Colorado ECCR 1B51 Space is limited due to the room size. Pizza and soda will be provided (The role of the JPL Solar System Ambassador is to educate the public about the importance of solar system science missions, as well as to keep us informed about the latest missions and mission results coming into JPL. Presentations often include data not yet made available to the public, and stories only those on the inside track can get! If you are at all interested in learning about either the history of solar system scientific exploration or want to know what is in the works at JPL this meeting is a must.)	URL Link
28-30 SEPT '06	Space Generation Congress Valencia, Spain	URL Link
2-6 OCT '06	International Astonautical Congress Valencia, Spain	URL Link
4-10 OCT '06	World Space Week	URL LINK
Tues 10 OCT '06 5:30-7pm	AIAA Meeting Location: ECCR 1B40 AIAA will be hosting the 2006 Junior World Champion F3J Silent Flight Team! Cody and Joseph, Boulder area natives, represented the US at the F3J World Championship in Slovakia this summer, and took first place out of teams from 19 countries.	URL Link
Thurs 12 OCT '06 4-5pm	Talk by Scott Carpenter on his NASA Experience Discovery Learning Center, Room 1B70	PDF OF EVENT
16 OCT '06 7pm	Rocky Mountain Mars Society Meeting Guest Speaker: Jim Bergstrom, who will be updating us on the current status of HiRISE on MRO. Don't miss this talk nor the latest spectacular HiRISE images!!	URL Link
17 OCT '06 5:30pm	AIAA in conjunction with Career Services will be hosting a career workshop presented by Boeing. Bring a friend and a pencil to the workshop for an interactive presentation on internships and jobs. Food will be provided. ECCR 139	URL Link
20-21 OCT '06	Wirefly X PRIZE Cup 2006 Las Cruces, New Mexico	URL Link
23 Oct '06 6:30pm	NEW Ft. Collins Mars Society Chapter CSU Main Library on Peterson, in the Delatour Room They will be showing a video of the NASA plan to settle Mars, narrated by Robert Zubrin Local Contact: James M. Holland
3 NOV '06	Laika Night 2006! November 3, 1957 Laika (Russian for "Barker") became the first dog in space and the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit!	Wikipedia
9-12 NOV '06	SEDS National Conference, Space Vision 2006 Host: University of Central Florida SEDS Chapter in Orlando, Florida	URL Link
20 NOV '06 7pm	Rocky Mountain Mars Society Meeting CU-Boulder Campus, Environmental Design Building rm. 102	URL Link
28 Nov. '06 5:30-7pm	CU-AIAA Meeting Dr. David Klaus The Astronaut Program and the Future of Space Exploration ECCR 265	URL
4-6 DEC '06	AIAA 2nd Space Exploration Conference George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas	URL Link
Thurs 7 Dec '06 6pm	AIAA Rocky Mountain Region December Program Hosted By: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Waterton Facility Main Plant LSTTB Conference Center 6:00 p.m. Reception, 6:30 p.m. Program Topic: Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing Site (AMOS) Research/Technical Capabilities Details of AMOS assets/endeavors and an explanation of the benefits of operating an observatory on the summit of a semi-dormant Hawaiian volcano Guest Speaker: Colie Warren, Aerospace Engineer USAF Research Laboratory Please RSVP no later than 1 December 2006 Please call Elaine Heinrich for badge access. Citizenship verification required. elaine.m.heinrich@lmco.com, ph: 303-977-7094

Spring 2006