[neves]

Which interesting space stuff would you suggest to do with a 13yo kid?

My son is fascinated with spaceships. He is addicted to the game Kerbal Space and follows everything about Space X, Nasa and other companies.

How can I stimulate his curiosity?

[bloodorange]

I suppose you might have already thought of it (or done it) but may I suggest getting a telescope and trying to find interesting celestial objects. With the amount of information available to us nowadays, you should be able to find many interesting objects.

The first time I got to try using a telescope (the day a friend bought one), the very first object I saw was Saturn and seeing the rings with my own eyes was a very different experience than knowing they exist or having seen picture of them.

[xconverge]

I went this route last year and thought it was awesome, really enjoyed it...

RTLSDR https://www.amazon.com/RTL-SDR-Blog-RTL2832U-Software-Define...

Use it to pick up weather satellites with the included antenna. Can spend ~$100 more to get images from the GOES satellites. Can use it to listen to ham radio, and local repeaters. Can use it during SSTV events to get images from the ISS https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/

[behringer]

Robotics is where it's at right now in space. If he's interested in robotics, then robot projects may be the way to go. Particularly rovers and autonomous machines.

Also micro satellites are becoming a thing. Strap a camera to a weather balloon, that kind of stuff.

[nosmokewhereiam]

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