The San Diego Space Society works toward creating a spacefaring civilization within our lifetimes by raising awareness and educating the general public to the benefits of space exploration and San Diego's role in it. More about us…
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Calendar on January 30, 2009
Sun,Mar8,2009
2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: Serra Mesa Branch Library (map)
9005 Aero Dr, San Diego, CA
Join us on Sunday, March 8th for the San Diego Space Society general meeting. This month we’ll discuss the San Diego Science Festival, specifically the SD Space and Mars Society San Diego booths at the Festival’s Expo Day. We have two pressing needs for that day:
Volunteers. The Expo will be a full day, so we’ll need lots of volunteers for multiple shifts. If you’re willing to staff a booth for as little as two hours on April 4th, contact events@sdspace.org to get on the list and come to this general meeting to get the details.
Helping hands. The booths will be interactive, hands-on, and lots of fun for all involved, but we have a lot still to design and build. The SD Space booth theme is rocketry, with attendees designing, simulating, building, and launching water rockets. The Mars Society booth centers around the Mars Rovers and potentially the Mars Pod. Whether you’re better with paper, PVC, electrons, or plywood, we have a task for you to work on.
Location: Killer Pizza From Mars (map) 3772Mission Ave #M, Oceanside, CA
Join us for the biggest event on the SD Space social calendar: a World Space Party!
Yuri’s Night is a celebration of humanity’s achievements in space. Each April, people from around the world come together to mark the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space (in 1961) and the first launch of the US Space Shuttle (in 1981). Everyone can participate, so come and join us in celebrating our past–and our future–in outer space!
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Calendar on January 28, 2009
Sun,Feb8,2009
2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: Serra Mesa Branch Library (map)
9005 Aero Dr, San Diego, CA
Join us on Sunday, February 8th for the San Diego Space Society general meeting. This’s month’s meeting will feature Bill Ketchum, a former General Dynamics engineer who worked on the Atlas rocket booster and who is developing his own Personal Space Plane design.
A full scale mockup of the design is located at Montgomery Field, not far from our meeting location. Some members plan to visit it after the program meeting; email events@sdspace.org if you’re interested in joining us.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Calendar on January 27, 2009
Sun,Feb15,2009
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Heritage Park Library (map) 14361 Yale Ave, Irvine, CA
The Orange County Space Society presents “Space Art” by Robert Kline and John Sisson. Program begins at 2 p.m. and the general membership meeting at 3 p.m.
SD Space members plan to attend the meeting after the SpaceX tour.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Events on January 27, 2009
Last week’s Tweetup (meeting of Twitter followers) at JPL was a huge success and a lot of fun. Space enthusiasts, space notables, and JPL scientists and engineers all got together to talk about JPL projects like the Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Phoenix, Cassini-Huygens, and the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory.
SD Space member Patrick and I can be seen talking to Veronica McGregor, known on Twitter as the voice of @MarsPhoenix, at about the 48-second mark. (The “whoo!” guy with the iPhone close-up at the end would be me.) Also, our new friends from the Google Lunar X Prize are visible at around the 45-second mark.
Join us on Sunday, February 8th for the San Diego Space Society general meeting. This’s month’s meeting will feature Bill Ketchum, a former General Dynamics engineer who worked on the Atlas rocket booster and who is developing his own 
