(Set on ‘All Star’ by Smash Mouth)
The Foundation Society
Once told us not so lightly
The world was coming to an end.
The UN got a warning
We’d die of Global Warming
The sun’s rays we need to fend.
Well the rays start coming
And they don't stop coming
Someone got an answer
And it was Northdonning
Build a solar shield at L One
We needed many people,
Not just some.
So made Alexandriat,
The first space colony
The UN, Capitalists
Paid all the money
T’ was Completed in 2024.
10 years aint all that slow.
Hey now we’ve got a start,
Space infrastructure’s now in place
Hey now we’ve got the power,
Space settlements we’re gonna make
And Space will be our new home
Earth will be its Rome
Written as a tribute to the 'scenario' for the International Space Settlement Design Competition.
http://www.spaceset.org/
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
How to Collect Money for your Society
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: NASA-MIT-IITK Aerospace Internship Programme 2010-11 (CPI no criteria!)
> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:50:38 +0530
> From: Society Of Aerospace Engineers [SAE]
> To: -------------------
> CC: -------------------
> Hi!
>
> We have just received a collaboration proposal from Massachusetts
> Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass. for a 8 week undergraduate
> internship programme at MIT and 2 week training at NASA Goddard institute
> of Space Studies, New York.
>
> Ten undergraduate students from Aerospace/Aeronautical Departments of the
> Indian Institutes of Technology will be selected based on an aptitude and
> ability test. Free boarding, lodging and travel will be provided to the
> interns apart from a stipend of $400 per week. On successful completion of
> the programme, selected participants will be given an opportunity for
> spending a semester at MIT as exchange students.
>
> The tentative dates provided for the programme are as follows:
> 1. Deadline for applications: 30 August 2010
> 2. Aptitude and Ability test: 15 September 2010
> 3. Results of Test: 15 October 2010
> 4. Video Conference Interviews: 1-5 November 2010
> 5. Final Declaration of Results:29 November 2010
> 6. MIT Internship Duration: 2 May 2011 - 24 June 2011
> 7. NASA Goddard Training Period: 27 June 2011 - 8 July 2011
>
> The application forms will be emailed to you soon, however we would like
> all the IITK Aerospace students to prepare well for the test which will be
> conducted on campus soon. Following are some sample questions :
>
> INTEREST
> 1. How actively do you participate in the activities of student run bodies
> promoting Aerospace Engineering such as Society of Aerospace Engineers?
>
> RESPONSIBILITY
> 2. How long does it take you to deposit your compulsory contribution of
> Rs.150/- to the Society of Aerospace Engineers so that they are able to
> proceed with their work smoothly?
>
> ATTITUDE
> 3. Describe the contradiction in your behaviour observed when you
> criticise the members and the working of SAE and when you are always
> present for any internship related talk or for lunch/Snacks/Dinner .
>
>
> As you have guessed by now, there is no NASA MIT internship programme. You
> might have big dreams but none of you deserve anything even close with the
> kind of interest, attitude and responsibility you have towards the
> department. There are students who are extremely interested and are unable
> to do something for all of you because of your holier than thou behaviour.
> This is a last warning and reminder. Please be assured that all those who
> do not pay the money by 16 August 2010 (Tommorow), you will be barred from
> applying in the AIMS (Aerospace Internship Management System), which
> automatically prevents you from getting internships in HAL, NAL,Texas A&M
> etc. The professors will be notified and no recommendations for interns
> including SURGE will be signed without approval of AIMS.
>
> I hope that this strong reminder will not be ignored this time.
>
> ---
> Society of Aerospace Engineers
This had serious reprcussions as follows
Hi
The previous mail was just a means to wake you up guys
" you will be barred from applying in the AIMS (Aerospace Internship
Management System), which automatically prevents you from getting
internships in HAL, NAL,Texas A&M etc. The professors will be notified and
no recommendations for interns including SURGE will be signed without
approval of AIMS."
mentioned in the mail would NOT be brought into practice.
Even though such actions wont be taken you should come up and make your
contribution towards SAE.
Thanks
Puneet Singh
> Subject: NASA-MIT-IITK Aerospace Internship Programme 2010-11 (CPI no criteria!)
> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:50:38 +0530
> From: Society Of Aerospace Engineers [SAE]
> To: -------------------
> CC: -------------------
> Hi!
>
> We have just received a collaboration proposal from Massachusetts
> Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass. for a 8 week undergraduate
> internship programme at MIT and 2 week training at NASA Goddard institute
> of Space Studies, New York.
>
> Ten undergraduate students from Aerospace/Aeronautical Departments of the
> Indian Institutes of Technology will be selected based on an aptitude and
> ability test. Free boarding, lodging and travel will be provided to the
> interns apart from a stipend of $400 per week. On successful completion of
> the programme, selected participants will be given an opportunity for
> spending a semester at MIT as exchange students.
>
> The tentative dates provided for the programme are as follows:
> 1. Deadline for applications: 30 August 2010
> 2. Aptitude and Ability test: 15 September 2010
> 3. Results of Test: 15 October 2010
> 4. Video Conference Interviews: 1-5 November 2010
> 5. Final Declaration of Results:29 November 2010
> 6. MIT Internship Duration: 2 May 2011 - 24 June 2011
> 7. NASA Goddard Training Period: 27 June 2011 - 8 July 2011
>
> The application forms will be emailed to you soon, however we would like
> all the IITK Aerospace students to prepare well for the test which will be
> conducted on campus soon. Following are some sample questions :
>
> INTEREST
> 1. How actively do you participate in the activities of student run bodies
> promoting Aerospace Engineering such as Society of Aerospace Engineers?
>
> RESPONSIBILITY
> 2. How long does it take you to deposit your compulsory contribution of
> Rs.150/- to the Society of Aerospace Engineers so that they are able to
> proceed with their work smoothly?
>
> ATTITUDE
> 3. Describe the contradiction in your behaviour observed when you
> criticise the members and the working of SAE and when you are always
> present for any internship related talk or for lunch/Snacks/Dinner .
>
>
> As you have guessed by now, there is no NASA MIT internship programme. You
> might have big dreams but none of you deserve anything even close with the
> kind of interest, attitude and responsibility you have towards the
> department. There are students who are extremely interested and are unable
> to do something for all of you because of your holier than thou behaviour.
> This is a last warning and reminder. Please be assured that all those who
> do not pay the money by 16 August 2010 (Tommorow), you will be barred from
> applying in the AIMS (Aerospace Internship Management System), which
> automatically prevents you from getting internships in HAL, NAL,Texas A&M
> etc. The professors will be notified and no recommendations for interns
> including SURGE will be signed without approval of AIMS.
>
> I hope that this strong reminder will not be ignored this time.
>
> ---
> Society of Aerospace Engineers
This had serious reprcussions as follows
Hi
The previous mail was just a means to wake you up guys
" you will be barred from applying in the AIMS (Aerospace Internship
Management System), which automatically prevents you from getting
internships in HAL, NAL,Texas A&M etc. The professors will be notified and
no recommendations for interns including SURGE will be signed without
approval of AIMS."
mentioned in the mail would NOT be brought into practice.
Even though such actions wont be taken you should come up and make your
contribution towards SAE.
Thanks
Puneet Singh
The Reverse Evolutionary Paradigm
At the Zoo, Ray entered the Aviary. He was unable to spot any bird, only the call of the Kookaburra among the foliage was proof of presence.
Moving on to the monkey cage, he saw only one among the branches.
"The rest all have dysentery", claimed the keeper.
"How come this one is okay?".
"The monkeys, like most animals, ostracise the runt, the weakling. So he never got the spoilt bananas to eat."
This paradigm of evolution struck him. The fittest not necessarily survive. Natural Disasters can perform alchemy for weak genes. They are an ambulance disposing off the strong.
Meander Contest
100 Word Short Story
(Word Limit: 100 words)
We will give you 6 words. You have to write a 100 word story which must
include ALL six of them at least once. The remaining 94 words are of your
choosing. The story may be less than 100 words or equal, but not more. It
should be consistent and coherent when read at a stretch.
Also, the story should have a title which must have at least one word from
the given six. The length of the title is NOT INCLUDED in the 100 words.
The six words, with their meanings are:
a)Kookaburra: A large kingfisher (Dacelo novaeguineae) of southern and
eastern Australia, having brown and white plumage and a call resembling
raucous laughter.
b)Paradigm: One that serves as a pattern or model
c)Dysentry: is an infection of the digestive system
d)Alchemy: A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the
transmutation of base metals into gold, and the preparation of the elixir
of longevity.
e)Ostracize: to expel from a community or group
f)Ambulance: A specially equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or
injured.
Moving on to the monkey cage, he saw only one among the branches.
"The rest all have dysentery", claimed the keeper.
"How come this one is okay?".
"The monkeys, like most animals, ostracise the runt, the weakling. So he never got the spoilt bananas to eat."
This paradigm of evolution struck him. The fittest not necessarily survive. Natural Disasters can perform alchemy for weak genes. They are an ambulance disposing off the strong.
Meander Contest
100 Word Short Story
(Word Limit: 100 words)
We will give you 6 words. You have to write a 100 word story which must
include ALL six of them at least once. The remaining 94 words are of your
choosing. The story may be less than 100 words or equal, but not more. It
should be consistent and coherent when read at a stretch.
Also, the story should have a title which must have at least one word from
the given six. The length of the title is NOT INCLUDED in the 100 words.
The six words, with their meanings are:
a)Kookaburra: A large kingfisher (Dacelo novaeguineae) of southern and
eastern Australia, having brown and white plumage and a call resembling
raucous laughter.
b)Paradigm: One that serves as a pattern or model
c)Dysentry: is an infection of the digestive system
d)Alchemy: A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the
transmutation of base metals into gold, and the preparation of the elixir
of longevity.
e)Ostracize: to expel from a community or group
f)Ambulance: A specially equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or
injured.
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