Slack Directory
Non-team specific Channels
While SSI consists of 6 distinct teams, a large number of channels are general to all SSI members. These channels are great for cross-ssi discussions.
General Channels
- #general - typically for general SSI-wide announcements
- #random - for things you want to share with SSI that doesn’t belong in any other channels
- #dankmemes - pretty self explanatory. Try typing "/dank" in the channel.
- #spacenews - to talk about the current state of space affairs
- #ssipac - politics
- #best-of-slack - compilation of the best moments on SSI slack
- #welcome-to-ssi - channel to welcome new members and answer any questions
- #diverssity - A place to speak about relavant issues
- #women - A place for women and gender minorities to speak about relavant issues and bond and stuff
- #new-frosh - for the new frosh to speak among each other about young people problems
Fun channels
- #ssi-finds-a-path - DnD roleplaying
- #ssi-does-exercise - ssi desperately attempts to stay fit
- #ssi-makes-stuff - a channel to discuss non ssi related personal projects
- #ssiplacesblocks - ssi’s minecraft group
- #ssi-plays-video-games - video games in general, played together.
- #ssi-jams - ssi makes melodic noises
Non team-specific Engineering Channels
Interteam collaboration on a technical projects. Why is it called raccoonworks? Ask someone, there's a story.
- #raccoonworks-eecs - to talk about and get help with random EE or CS related things
- #raccoonworks-me - to talk about and get help with random ME related things
- #prak-ssi
Class Channels
Want to collaborate on a classes with other SSI members? We make channels for classes in the format: #ssitakes[course#]. Ex:
- #ssitakesme203
- #ssitakescs106b
Team Channels
Each team has a general announcements channel of the format: #[teamname] (ex #rockets) where general team wide discussion and announcements will be made. Sub-projects, and often subsystems of subprojects will be in their own channels. This is usually where the engineering takes place!
Rockets
- #rockets
- #rockets-olympus- our largest project each year. We're building a liquid rocket for the world's biggest rocket competition.
- #rockets-pheonix - an experimental staging system rocket for the FAR1030 competition.
- #rockets-themisto- learn how a rocket works for the first time!
- #rockets-iocaste- learn how a rocket works for the first time!
Balloons
- #balloons
- #balloons-cycloon - fly into hurricanes!
- #balloons-baloonarang - get your balloon to come back!
- #mission-control - SSI's mission control software
Sats
#satellites
- sats general channel.#satellites-avionics
- building computers, cameras, and solar panels.#satellites-software
- teaching those computers some sweet machine learning.#satellites-gnc
- pointing the satellite correctly#satellites-structures
- having a satellite.#satellites-systems
- putting it all together.
Bio
- #biology - general Biology channel.
- #biology-backspace - biology experiments.
- #biology-device - biology EE/CS for moving fluids around.
Operations
- #operations - running SSI.
- #operations-community - making SSI fun to be at.
- #operations-diverssity - making SSI welcoming to everyone.
- #operations-marketing - making SSI look pretty.
Policy
- #policy - doing the podcast, articles, and lobbying
- #policy-twis - planning our podcast, This Week in Space
Mars
- #mars- designing Mars colonization technology
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