SEDS opens crowd-sourcing projects

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SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) has opened a crowd sourcing page at Give for Youth with several projects to which you can donate: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, USA – Projects.

Examples include:

Education, Space Arts, Space Science

Comparing two famous near earth asteroids

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The B612 Foundation points to an illustration by space artist Michael Carroll that gets across the scale of the meteoroid that blew up over Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15th and the asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed near earth later that same day: So how big are these NEOs anyway? – B612 Foundation

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Asteroid 2012 DA14 (on left) vs the Chelyabinsk meteoroid vs a US football stadium.
Illustration by Michael Carroll.

Space Policy

Space policy: Fed budget update + Space Review this week + Space law roundup

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Jeff Foust reports on the latest news regarding the passage of a federal budget for 2013: FY2013 budget endgame in sight – Space Politics.

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The new issue of The Space Review has these policy related items:

A tragedy’s lessons for the future – Jeff Foust
Space industrialization and the G20 – Vidvuds Beldavs, Jeffrey Sommers, and Gregory Anderson
India’s French Connection in space – Ajey Lele
Using “rocket science” to understand North Korea’s space and missile efforts – James Oberg

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Res Communis post the latest collection of space and aviation law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading.

Contests and Games, Simulators

Mars Colony Challenger – Hyperkat Games

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HyperKat Games has released the Mars Colony Challenger

Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together. You will have to setup and maintain the equipment that supplies pressure and a breathable atmosphere to the base. You are also tasked with growing food, setting up communications and extracting resources in order to make the base self-sufficient. The game offers three zones, each with their unique challenges. There are 7 phases to each mission. Each of the phases expands the base and offers a new set of orders for you to complete. You advance through the ranks as you score points for your performance.