Spacepoint set to launch new observatory
Kyle Averill, Spacepoint founder, helps area youth attach a rocket in preparation for launch at a mid-May rocket challenge event held in conjunction with the East Bonner County Library District. The new nonprofit is celebrating the launch of its new observatory on Saturday.
(Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER)
Kyle Averill helps local youth prepare their model rockets for takeoff at a May event.
Spacepoint founder Kyle Averill takes to local youths about rocketry, space, and the unlimited potential of both at a May rocket challenge event. The non-profit is celebrating the launch of its new observatory on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the University of Idaho's Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center.
SANDPOINT — Looking up at the night sky, stars are everywhere — seemingly unlimited in their scope.
And, just like those stars, the opportunities in the space industry are as unlimited and full of potential, Spacepoint's Kyle Averill said.
That, he said, is part of the reason he launched Spacepoint, a new observatory that is located at the University of Idaho's Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center. Launched in March, Spacepoint — a deliberate play on the new non-profit's home base — aims to create both interest in, and a pipeline to, all aspects of the space industry.
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