<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Petr Baudis (and others) have asked a number of questions about Hackerspace Space Program (HSP).<div>At this time the best source of information is the proposal, with the caveat that contract negotiations may change details.</div><div>Remember, it was an international group that wrote this via Google Doc collaboration.</div><div>I think it hangs together pretty well and has a lot of great potential, but LOTS of details are still wide open.</div><div><br></div><div>Vol 1: Technical<br> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ZLCbfyd_7ZKgALjZcC63WUVMuNDenwTwiAmUwzz53U/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ZLCbfyd_7ZKgALjZcC63WUVMuNDenwTwiAmUwzz53U/edit</a> <br>Vol 2: Costs<div> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZC05ncQuQXEPEWORpUNEGUJNEagOlo_Unr5bwINCxI/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZC05ncQuQXEPEWORpUNEGUJNEagOlo_Unr5bwINCxI/edit</a></div><div><br></div><div>Some key excerpts:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><i>We propose a HSP organization </i>(that...)</span><i> will enable scalable grassroots community units collaborating with each other and with interested partners around the world to carry out activities dedicated to the enhancement of humanity’s survivability. </i></div><div><i>... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">such as expanding humanity’s reach and presence beyond Earth orbit. </span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">to help us survive and thrive in space, as well as improving our
chances here on Earth by spurring the innovation needed to solve
global challenges, resource constraints and the need to get along in
an increasingly crowded environment.</span></i></div>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><br></span></div>Technical approach ... is to support and fund Hackerspaces to function as local community hubs, carry out research and public engagement activities, conduct long term strategic foresight and planning to coordinate large scale international projects with the local hubs and lastly, to identify and expand areas of mutual relevance between terrestrial and space activities.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 100%;"> </span></i><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>The HSP mission is to:<br></i><div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Enable Hackerspaces as local community hubs to carry out research and public engagement activities (such as leadership and technical workshops for youth) to support the HSP vision in concert with external partners<br></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apply principles from strategic foresight and planning for the central leadership to coordinate large scale international projects with the local hubs and project partners<br></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Identify and expand areas of mutual relevance between terrestrial and space activities</i></div></div><div><br></div><div>Please read the documents for more information and, if interested, join the discussion mail list...</div><div> <a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceprogram">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceprogram</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>
<div>Jerry Isdale</div><div><a href="mailto:isdale@gmail.com">isdale@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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