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

Contacts

@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Co-Presidents
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Operations Co-Leads.
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Balloons Co-Leads
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Rockets Co-Leads
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Biology Co-Leads
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Policy Co-Leads
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Sats Co-Leads
@{{{display-name}}} and @{{{display-name}}} - Mars Co-Leads