Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
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| Founded | October 30, 1980 |
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| Founder | Peter Diamandis, Robert D. Richards, and Todd B. Hawley |
| Type | Student Organization |
| Focus | "to promote the exploration and development of space" |
| Origins | Started at MIT and expanded by letter to Omni Magazine |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Student Collaboration and Connections with Space Companies |
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Members
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10000+ |
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Key people
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Andrew Newman (current SEDS-USA Chair), Elias Solorzano (current SEDS-Canada Chair), Saumya Vats (current SEDS-India president), Jeremy Nickless (current UKSEDS Chair) |
| Endowment | Currently SEDS-USA building national endowment. |
| Slogan | Ad Astra per Ardua! |
| Website | seds.org, [4] |
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| Type | Non Profit Student Organization |
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| Focus | "To promote the exploration and development of space" |
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Area served
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INDIA |
| Method | Student Collaboration |
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Key people
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Shreyas Ganesan Iyer (current SEDS India Chair) Dr. Geetha Manivasagam (Trustee of SEDS India) |
| Website | sedsindia.org |
| Founded | November 7, 2014 |
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| Type | Non Profit Student Organization |
| Focus | "To promote the exploration and development of space" |
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Area served
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Chennai Region |
| Method | Student Collaboration |
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Members
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400+ |
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Key people
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Guru Prasaath (current SEDS-Veltech President), Murugan N(current SEDS-Veltech Staff Coordinator) |
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is an American international student organization whose purpose is to promote space exploration and development through educational and engineering projects.
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space was founded in 1980 at MIT by Peter Diamandis, Princeton University by Scott Scharfman, and Yale University by Richard Sorkin, and consists of an international group of high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from a diverse range of educational backgrounds who are working to promote space. SEDS is a chapter-based organization with chapters in Canada, India, Israel, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States. The permanent National Headquarters for SEDS-USA resides at MIT and that of SEDS-India at VIT University. Each chapter is fairly independent and coordinates activities and projects in its own area.
SEDS was founded on 17 September 1980, primarily by Peter Diamandis, Scott Scharfman, Richard Sorkin, Robert D. Richards, and Todd B. Hawley and their first meeting was held on Thursday, 30 October 1980. After the initial meetings in 1980, SEDS president Peter Diamandis wrote a letter to the editor of Omni magazine deploring the status of the space program and asking students to help make a difference. The letter, published in Omni in early 1981, attracted students from around the world to SEDS. This laid the foundations for the first SEDS international conference, held at George Washington University between July 15–19, 1982. As the decade progressed, SEDS continued to have more international conferences, which rotated among schools including George Washington University (again), University of Alabama in Huntsville, and Caltech. During the end of the decade, UKSEDS was founded at the Science Museum (London) and held their first conference at the University of Cambridge during 25–26 November 1989.
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