
UPDATE! Make sure you are on the launch list to send your
favorite school a Near Space Exploration Module. Sign up at The Students In Space Project!
The above video was shot from an HD FLIP CAM that the Brooklyn Space Program sent to the edge of the atmosphere for under $200. As the founder DetentionSlip.org, America's Underground School Newspaper, I wanted to do something to get these space kits into the hands of as many students as possible.
While I'm wrangling up space-trades, I'm also going to be wrangling up resources to build at least 100 kits and give them to schools around the country along with a professionally developed lesson plans (my father is the retired Dean of the School of Education at Edinboro University of PA, and a former high school science teacher -- he's really stoked to do this ;) ). Ideally, we can give away many more kits than this, but 100 is a good number to start with.
If you'd like to be alerted as soon as we are ready to give out the kits, please sign up at The Students In Space Project
The core components of the kit are as follows - we are looking for sponsors / companies who would be able to provide any of the following components in 100+ unit quantities. Additionally, we may offer kits for sale for at cost the general public as well. If you'd like to get started, check out the MIT Icarus Project's complete guide (not video, but a great start) : http://space.1337arts.com/guide
- Weather Balloon
- Helium
- Housing
- Various Hardware
- Hand Warmers
- GPS Enabled Cell Phone
- External Antenna
- Video Camera (FlipHD Video)
- OpenSource GPS Tracking Software
If you'd like to donate to the SpaceKits Project you can make a PayPal donation to donate@onetoyspaceship.com
I'll also be setting up a 1-for-1 program, where you can buy a kit for yourself and we will give a kit to a school district in your name.
Pursuant to the Galactic Treaty on Human Rights, any school will be eligible for a space-kit as long as the school is in a district that has an official policy against the use of Corporal Punishment. To learn more about the movement to end corporal punishment in the United States, please visit nospank.net.
Pursuant to the Galactic Treaty on Human Rights, any school will be eligible for a space-kit as long as the school is in a district that has an official policy against the use of Corporal Punishment. To learn more about the movement to end corporal punishment in the United States, please visit nospank.net.
Visit The Students In Space Project to get your kit!
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