{"id":135970,"date":"2022-02-23T03:22:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/winter-recess-navigating-the-solar-system"},"modified":"2022-02-23T03:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:22:51","slug":"winter-recess-navigating-the-solar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/winter-recess-navigating-the-solar-system","title":{"rendered":"Winter Recess \u2014 Navigating the Solar System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/winter-recess-navigating-the-solar-system.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mon, Feb 21<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Just how big is space, and could we really explore the galaxy with the invention of light-speed engines? To try and make sense of all those HUGE numbers we hear when talking about space, we\u2019ll first create a quick and easy map of the Solar System that shows its true scale. It\u2019s a fun activity for kids and adults of all ages and requires only a blank piece of white paper (letter size), tape, scissors, and some coloring\/drawing supplies. Next, we\u2019ll use this map to learn about how we communicate with spacecraft and what it would mean to travel amongst the stars.<\/p>\n<p>Registration: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cornell.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJYsdeysqjgoH9a7QUoBzPjwWpBXtHAsKosE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cornell.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJYsdeysqjgoH9a7QUoBzPjwWpBXtHAsKosE\">https:\/\/cornell.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJYsdeysqjgoH9a7QUoBzPjwWpBXtHAsKosE<\/a><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon, Feb 21 Just how big is space, and could we really explore the galaxy with the invention of light-speed engines? To try and make sense of all those HUGE numbers we hear when talking about space, we\u2019ll first create a quick and easy map of the Solar System that shows its true scale. It\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}