"No university has ever done this before," says student team leader Ajeeth Ibrahim. "This is going to be the biggest thing to happen to the space industry, probably since the Apollo moment.”
By the end of 2015, Penn State hopes to complete the first privately funded mission to the moon, ever, for a shot at $20 million in prize money through the Google Lunar X Prize competition. To that end, the Lunar Lion, the Penn State-led Google Lunar X Prize team, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign on Rockethub, with the goal of raising $400,000 by Feb. 25.
I took a tour of the construction site during winter break, and although it doesn't look like much yet, parts of the HUB, including the new bookstore space, are still on schedule to open by the 2014 Fall semester.
This week we have three more love stories featuring a couple that met in their freshman dorm common room, a couple that met during LEAP, and lastly, in an Industrial Engineering class.
Apprehension, fear, sheer panic: those were once the thoughts as students attempted to survive the colored tile sidewalk in front of the Palmer Museum of Art on the way to Forum in the rain. For some, the sense of fear was exhilarating; for others, and those who consistently fell prey, it was a living hell every time it rained.
With a new semester come a new set of syllabi, and therefore new syllabi that are breaking the rules. As much as it may not seem like it, professors have rules about their syllabi and class set-up that they need to follow thanks to the University Faculty Senate. See what policies your professors can't break.