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June 2016

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AMSAT visit to Capitol?
by aantunes＠captechu.edu 30 Jun '16

30 Jun '16

Hello, Pat and other AMSATers! We are running a summer program for Brazilian exchange students until July 18th. Back in 2014, you visited Capitol College to convey cool AMSAT and ham wisdom to our students. We'd love to set up a visit with our 29 visiting students, if feasible. 3 of them already took the Technician's class exam and got their US ham licenses last month, and several of them are working on APRS beacons and satellite SDR and other projects. We're also building a networked SatNOGs antenna to talk to satellites, and are nearly done that project. Would any of you be available to visit and talk with them? We changed our name (now 'Capitol Technology University') but we're still right up the road from GSFC, in Laurel, on 11301 Springfield Rd. Hopefully, Sandy Alex "Sandy" Antunes, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Astronautical Engineering Capitol Technology University aantunes(a)capTechU.edu

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ARISS DC Event---Help Needed
by KA3HDO 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

All, The ARISS team was asked by NASA to be part of its booth for an event called Escape Velocity. Escape Velocity merges the excitement of science fiction and science fact to inspire students and the general public to more deeply engage in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) subjects. A description of Escape Velocity can be found at the following URL: http://escapevelocity.events/ Specifically, Escape Velocity is described on their web site as a "micro futuristic world's fair to promote STEAM education within the context of science fiction using the fun of comic cons and fascination of science and engineering festivals. Escape Velocity seeks to make a measurable positive impact to boost informal learning on the more conceptually challenging academic areas". Escape Velocity will be held on July 1-3 at the Gaylord Convention Center at National Harbor, Maryland. The event runs from 10 am-6 pm each day. We also will be setting up the booth the evening of June 30. The ARISS team is looking for some volunteers to staff the booth on the dates and times shown above. Those supporting the booth will also be able to view the other booths as part of Escape Velocity. While knowledge of ARISS is preferred, and operation of amateur satellites is beneficial, we can train hams that have an interest in staffing our booth. Note that we would prefer volunteers to commit to at least 2-3 hours at a time, If you are interested in helping, please let Frank Bauer know what dates and times you would be willing to support. Frank can be reached at ka3hdo(a)verizon.net <mailto:ka3hdo@verizon.net> . Thanks, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS International Chair AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight

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