Space Jam 4 Fliers
(Scouts - Boy & Girl Scouts, and Webelos) are now updated here (and at the bottom)... Register NOW, to secure your spot!
We will teach 25+ MBs this year including : The 2010 (only) Historical Merit Badges: Signaling, Tracking, Pathfinding and Carpentry. Adult leaders can attend an Energy Conference to learn how to save the 'green'! For the Webleols, we are planning new and improved activities, including "Chief AJ paint ball Slingshots" We are limiting this to the first 500 Scouts and 200 Webelos. So register as soon as you can, the fliers (fill out and mail in, are now up ;-).
Intro to Scuba will tempt you to go get certifed (bring your swimsuit - we will be taking photos of you in the window of the dunk tank), NEW 2010 and beyond MB's Geo-Caching GPS/GIS, Robotics (limited to 10 Scouts with added fee), and new to SJ: Pulp and Paper,Textiles, Scholarship, and all the MB's to earn your World Conservation Badge, and our regular MB's: Truck Transportation (a great new instructor), Archery, Fingerprinting, Space Exploration, Composite Materials, Nuclear Energy, Radio, Electronics, Aviation, and more.
LEADERS ENERGY CONFERENCE While Scouts choose between many unique MBs, the adult leaders can learn about Solar, Photovoltaic, Wind Energy and Home Energy Conservation that will show you how to cut utility bills in half.
"Oh Donahue" Indy Rock Band signs with Space Jam 4 (second year)!
Check out www.myspace.com/ohdonahue for details. They are returning from their West Coast tour, and this Scout friendly group has offered to give us a concert! More exciting announcements are coming!
Space Jam 4 Scouting Tech Event of the year. Air Conditioned class rooms, NASA video conference, High altitude balloon launch (at morning Flags so you can see it), Guitar Hero contest, Live Scout Friendly Music, Girl Scouts welcome, Robotics demos, Rocket Club Launches, RC Airplanes, Segway Rides, food vendors, Chief AJ Slingshots, large camp sites, and more… Compass Course, Search & Rescue, Medical Evac Helicopter visit, and more after 4pm on Saturday... Friday night Movie...
The Space Jam 3 / 4 Blog is now up. Please send copies of any photos and video with permission to distribute without credit to Brian (see contact page). We will get your photo's all up on the web so you can enjoy them... The ISS video is on the Multimedia page or it's up on Face Book (you must join Facebook to see it on the Space Jam Scout Merit Badge Workshop page, this is cool because it plays through all 20 minutes in one place) and on YouTube (it is in two parts, 1 and 2). Enjoy, please watch the credits at the end... Thanks Ed !!!
ISS Contact Is GO!
Directions to site are at the bottom of this page.
Purdue First Robotics are Go for Saturday 1- 4 pm thanks to Steve Florence West Lafayette H.S.
OhDonahue -- the BAND is go for Saturday night.
Two balloon launches Saturday morning Flags and afternoon are Go Saturday (see below for details). Sat/Comm Ham Radio 5 towers go!
Food Vendors are go, please bring your money for the food vendors and Chief AJ slingshots!!! You don't have to cook if you use the food vendors
We have more merit badges after hours for the Scouts to take!!!
Possible second contact with a Astronaut added for Saturday morning (not on ISS, but a past visitor of the ISS) added!!!!
ALL SYSTMES ARE GO GO GO see you at the airfield for registraion details below
Scouters -- Detailed schedule updated... 50x50' camp sites, no fires on ground...see Details.
International Space Station WE ARE GO GO GO!!!
DePauw Univ. Stratospheric Balloon Launch Scheduled
Launch will occur from
Rantoul, IL (40.29 N, 88.14 W) The target ascent rate will be 1000
feet/min.
APRS information will be sent over 144.39 MHz every minute under the
call sign, W9YJ-11.
The helium filled balloon will reach a float altitude of 70000 feet
The Scouts will be using the call sign WB9SA.
Thanks to Howard Brooks, KC9QBN, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at
DePauw University, W9YJ for making this happen!!!
Chanute Air Museum to host Space Jam 4
The Chanute Air Museum is host to Space Jam 4. "The class rooms have Air Conditioning" said Hal Leoback the Executive Director. The Historic Museum makes an awesome backdrop to our technology merit badges.
Space Jam 4 "Going Green"
Directions to Space Jam 4
Go to the Chanute Air Museum, (Google Map it) 1011 Pacesetter Dr. Rantoul IL go past the museum entrance to the NE, make a right on Senior Officer Row/Arends Blvd go a block, go NE across a big AT&T parking lot make a Right at the road with all the flag poles - go to the registration tent and then to your pick of camp sites, you are now behind the museum/AT&T/Precision Aviation's Hanger.