Out of this World Campaign

Let's Get Out of This World

The two-week Out of This World is ending this weekend. We've tracked our movement minutes and set out on an intergalactic odyssey. Monday 6/22 will be the final day to submit minutes (see below for more details).

Collective Minutes

Total minutes as of 9:30am FRIDAY 6/19:

155,806

We've talked a lot these past two weeks about traveling at light-speed. Current scientific theories tell us that time & space are relative, and that the faster you travel, the slower time moves for you. Therefore, we'd age much slower than we would on Earth. For every year that we'd hypothetically travel at light-speed, 22 years would pass on Earth.

Our current minutes add up to 3.55 months. If we were indeed travelling at the speed of light, 6.5 Earth years would pass by in that time!

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Out of This World Cornell Connections

Did you know a Cornell-affiliated observatory in Chile just got a new telescope? The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) was recently installed at the Cerro Chajnantor. Sitting just above 18,000 feet in the Atacama Desert, the location is ideal for capturing images of interstellar objects.

The completed Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope overlooks the vast mountains and plateaus of Chile’s Parque Astronómico Atacama.

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Space Factoid of the Day

If you want to continue your intergalactic odyssey, there are many space museums and planetariums to explore.

If you are in the Ithaca area, stop by the Sciencenter and the Sagan Planet Walk
In the Finger Lakes Region, check out the Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) in Syracuse or the Rochester Museum and Science Center & Strasenburgh Planetarium
In Western NY, try the Buffalo Museum of Science or the Niagara Aerospace Museum
And if you are downstate, there’s the Intrepid Museum, Hayden Planetarium, and the Chalsty Planetarium
If you work remotely or are traveling this summer, it is likely that one is nearby. You might check out this planetarium list or even plan an aerospace road trip!

Space in Pop-Culture

Are you a podcast listener? If so, there are several outer-space themed podcasts to fill you ipod with.

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Record Your Minutes

You can enter any minutes that you have not yet reported on the online form. Doing so will automatically enter you into the Week 2 Prize Drawing ($25 value).

Fill out the participant survey to be entered into the Grand Prize Drawing ($75 value). If you signed up with a friend or colleague, you'll get double entries to this drawing.

Both the minutes entry form AND the grand prize survey will be open until 5:00pm (Eastern Time) on Monday (6/22). Prize winners will be randomly drawn on Tuesday.

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