I am pursuing the possibility of developing a “space science” center for the Iowa City / Coralville area and have been laying some groundwork by contacting civic entities. The most large-scale proposal would call for a large new building that offered exhibit, lecture, and classroom space, in addition to a planetarium. The most scaled down version would simply be a planetarium.

If members are interested, I’d be happy to meet up with your group and, if desired, present a powerpoint show about the proposal.

While the economy is in terrible shape, it is an excellent time to plan. I have much to do (IRS filings for a non-profit, business-plan documents, etc.) before “going public”, so outreach to parties that might have special interest is important right now.

I should mention that I own a Spitz A4 planetarium projector and a home-built projector and have experience with making a segmented projection dome.

I hope to help forming a larger group of “grass roots” supporters (people who either enjoy astronomy and related topics and/or see a need for improving informal science education via this angle.)

Thank you,

Charlie Miller
Coordinator,
Iowa Space Science Center project

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-Webguy]

Thank you,
John Hiett

John,
I forwarded your request for info to the club officers. You should be hearing from them soon.
-Ken Welsch
ICAC webguy

Melissa,

I forwarded your comment. Howard Cox occasionally gives presentations of his work at astronomy club meetings. Rest assured, those will be advertised on this site, but I’ll make an extra effort to let you know should one be coming up.

-Ken, webguy

I asked the host, and he says sure! I’ll contact you via email.
-Ken
ICAC web guy