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The '''Columbia Space Initiative''' (CSI) is a student group dedicated to space projects on campus. CSI competes in NASA challenges, do outreach and provide members with networking in the space science field. It was founded in September 2015 (unsurprisingly) with the help of professor [[Mike Massimino]]. CSI has participates in three NASA challenges (Micro-g NExT, RASCAL and BIG), launched its own model rockets and balloons. CSI organizes many events across campus, including talks with former astronauts, NASA employees, and individuals involved in the space industry.
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The '''Columbia Space Initiative''' (CSI) is a student group dedicated to space projects on campus. CSI competes in NASA challenges, do outreach and provide members with networking in the space science field. It was founded in September 2015 (unsurprisingly) with the help of professor [[Mike Massimino]]. CSI has participated in three NASA challenges (Micro-g NExT, RASCAL and BIG), launched its own model rockets and balloons. CSI organizes many events across campus, including live call-ins with the International Space Station and talks with prominent people in the space domain such as former astronauts and NASA employees.
  
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CSI is one of the biggest clubs at Columbia, with an over-1,000 person Slack workspace. Basically everyone on campus is either in CSI or has a friend in CSI. The reason for this is probably the fact that every SEAS freshman thinks they want to work at NASA and every physics major thinks they want to be an astrophysicist. To the dismay of the SEAS freshmen though, CSI is much more focused on science than on engineering, and CSI's engineering teams are fairly lackluster compared to teams at other schools.
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As of May 2025, the club's website listed 12 active missions and 629 active members, and has been funded for a CubeSat launch in 2027.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
*[https://columbiaspace.org/ CSI website]
 
*[https://columbiaspace.org/ CSI website]

Revision as of 19:52, 25 May 2025

The Columbia Space Initiative (CSI) is a student group dedicated to space projects on campus. CSI competes in NASA challenges, do outreach and provide members with networking in the space science field. It was founded in September 2015 (unsurprisingly) with the help of professor Mike Massimino. CSI has participated in three NASA challenges (Micro-g NExT, RASCAL and BIG), launched its own model rockets and balloons. CSI organizes many events across campus, including live call-ins with the International Space Station and talks with prominent people in the space domain such as former astronauts and NASA employees.

As of May 2025, the club's website listed 12 active missions and 629 active members, and has been funded for a CubeSat launch in 2027.

External links

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