<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Not sure if we can resubmit. They've already awarded the grant. However, I think editing it and sending it to other sponsors would be good idea. Can tailor different versions depending on sponsor<br>
<br></div><div><br>On Dec 31, 2011, at 3:35 PM, "<a href="mailto:psytek@alphaonelabs.com">psytek@alphaonelabs.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:psytek@alphaonelabs.com">psytek@alphaonelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
<div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>We should revise and submit the application again.<br><br>On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Ricky Ng-Adam <<a href="mailto:rngadam@xinchejian.com"><a href="mailto:rngadam@xinchejian.com">rngadam@xinchejian.com</a></a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><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">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>伍思力 | Ricky Ng-Adam | <a href="http://xinchejian.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://xinchejian.com">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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