From: irwin@juliet.caltech.edu (Horowitz, Irwin Kenneth)
Newsgroups: sci.research.careers,sci.astro
Subject: Re: Int'l Space University
Date: 17 Nov 1992 11:05 PST
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In article <CMM.0.90.4.722017024.sjanis@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Steve Janis <sjanis@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes...
> 
> 
>	I just caught the tail end of "Space Age" last night and Capt.
>	Picard mentioned the International Space University which is
>	headed by Arthur C. Clarke.
> 
>	Can anyone provide me with more info about this University or
>	point me in the right direction as to where to look?
> 
>	Thanks!
Steve,
	ISU was founded in 1987 with a weekend session at MIT and has since
held 10 week summer sessions in places as far ranging as MIT (1988),
Strasbourg, France (1989), York U, Toronto (1990), Toulouse, France (1991)
and Kitakyushu, Japan (1992).  The 1993 session is currently set to be held
on the campus of the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
	The founders of ISU (Peter Diamandis, Todd Hawley and Bob Richards)
are three of the most enthusiastic space supporters around (as well as three
men I am proud to consider my friends).  Peter was the founder of SEDS, the
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, while he was a student
at MIT in the early 80's.  He is currently the CEO of International Microspace,
a launch company based in Virginia.  Todd was the first Secretary-General of
SEDS, and later served as the CEO of ISU.  Bob Richards was the founder of
SEDS-Canada.
	Over the past few years, ISU has moved from a dream of this small
group of individuals to a successful reality.  There have been about 600
graduates from this program over the first 5 years, the vast majority of whom
come from nations other than the US.  The basic course outline has 9 different
areas of space instruction, ranging from physical sciences to space engineering
to space law to design and architecture to life sciences to humanities.
During the summer, the students get split into two teams who work on a
specific design project (you heard ACC refer to the International Mars Mission
project on Space Age).  These are substantial projects ranging from Lunar base
scenarios to asteriod mining to the creation of the ISUNET, a worldwide
computer network for space professionals.
	The person I would recommend contacting at ISU would be Mr. Steve
Abrams.  He is the director of their computer resources (and a former SEDS
member, of course :-).  His net address is:
	72600.2131@compuserve.com
(I know he has an ISUnet address, but I forgot his username...you may wish to
try abrams@isunet.isu.edu).  He can more fully answer any questions you may
have concerning ISU...just tell him I sent you :-).
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