Students in 鈥淧athway to Space,鈥� the gateway course for CU Boulder鈥檚 space minor, released 170 balloons during a Jan. 18 class meeting.
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- CU space minors released 170 balloons
- Attached to each was a note and $1
- They鈥檝e landed as far away as Texas
- Space minor open to students of every major
- Part of CU鈥檚 Grand Challenge
Attached to each was a note 鈥� and a $1 bill to draw the attention of people happening upon remnants that returned to Earth.
The note asked passersby to report when and where the balloons landed.
As of mid-February, about 25 people from as far away as Texas had submitted online reports, said Courtney Fell of CU鈥檚 Office of Information Technology, which helped develop 鈥淧athway to Space.鈥� The talk-show-format lecture course, now in its second year and open to undergraduates of all majors with a minor in space, is part of CU Boulder鈥檚 multi-year, campuswide Grand Challenge, 鈥淥ur Space. Our Future.鈥�
The challenge aims to 鈥渢ransform the landscape of space exploration and find pathways to address significant issues our planet faces.鈥�
Led by Chris Koehler (Aero鈥�92; MMechEngr鈥�94), director of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, with participation from dozens of other CU faculty, 鈥淧athway鈥� helps students identify areas of interest in space to pursue further.
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