<p>None government funding may be easier to obtain if there was a specific sub project we were trying to address. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 31, 2011 6:09 AM, "Alex Cureton-Griffiths" <<a href="mailto:alexcg@gmail.com">alexcg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I'm working on a google spreadsheet of potential funding sources. Will open it up and post to group in a few days (no google docs access at present since I'm in China). We can all put our thoughts in.<br>
<br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Dec 31, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Sung won Lim <<a href="mailto:4phlebas@gmail.com" target="_blank">4phlebas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<p>Guys, I want to second the opinion that we go through with a hackerspace space program DARPA fund or not. </p>
<p>I know I'm going to continue to work on it either way and I'm sure lot of people on this list will as well. Funding's an issue but not an insurmountable one; there are plenty of people, projects and initiatives targeted at private space projects and the number's set to increase in the coming years. </p>
<p>It would be great to see continued collaboration and discussion about hackerspace space programs on this list in the new year. </p>
<p>-Sung </p>
<p>Genspace NYC </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 31, 2011 2:06 AM, "Shyu Lee" <<a href="mailto:me@shyul.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:me@shyul.com" target="_blank">me@shyul.com</a></a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,51,102);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><div><div>Hi Ricky,</div><div><br></div><div>I am always thinking of if I can go to space during my lifetime. Although I am pretty realistic one many things and not so pleasant to some enthusiastic people, however I do know I worked so hard for earning money is not just for earning money that simple, there should be some more advanced goals to fight for… And to me, is all about the space.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is not the time to reiterate how important for the space projects to human now. I'd say there are many other approaches for XinCheJian and many other backspaces to get involved into space related projects. I promise I will continue my involvement of it with XinCheJian. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Looking forward to the brilliant and happy new year!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><font size="6"><span style="font-size:20px">ÀîÐñ / Shyu Lee</span></font></div></div></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Ricky NG-Adam <<a href="mailto:rngadam@xinchejian.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:rngadam@xinchejian.com" target="_blank">rngadam@xinchejian.com</a></a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:01:02 -0700<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> spaceprogram <<a href="mailto:spaceprogram@lists.hackerspaces.org" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:spaceprogram@lists.hackerspaces.org" target="_blank">spaceprogram@lists.hackerspaces.org</a></a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Fwd: DARPA-RA-11-70 100YSS Notification<br>
</div><div><br></div>Hello!<div><br></div><div>We have sadly NOT been selected for the DARPA 100 Year Starship... Sorry to everyone who put their time into this. I'd like to extend my sincere personal excuses towards everyone who contributed and hoped for this to work out. I obviously should have done a better job at this!</div>
<div><br></div><div>I haven't been offered more details on why precisely we were rejected but naturally I still think that Hackerspaces, as technical communities that already are in existence and are self-sustainable were the ONLY logical choice for such an organization but apparently DARPA disagreed....</div>
<div><br></div><div>In any case, I think direct funding from DARPA would have been controversial for many hackerspaces (as witnessed on the <a href="http://hackerspaces.org" target="_blank"><a href="http://hackerspaces.org" target="_blank">hackerspaces.org</a></a> mailing list recently). I do believe that many efforts are ongoing in Hackerspaces around the world to explore space. Among other things, at XinCheJian, we just had a meeting this evening to discuss building testing equipment for going to space (vibration, thermal gradient, shock, g-forces, vacuum, etc) as the first logical step to building our own space robots.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hopefully whatever organization that receives the funds will realize that Hackerspaces are the best physical spaces to conduct projects of benefit to humanity.</div><div><br></div><div>Notification letter extract attached.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br>-- <br>Îé˼Á¦ | Ricky Ng-Adam | <a href="http://xinchejian.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://xinchejian.com" target="_blank">http://xinchejian.com</a></a> | <a href="tel:%28%2B86%29%20186-2126-2521" value="+8618621262521" target="_blank">(+86) 186-2126-2521</a><br>
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