Hi Andreas!<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 April 2012 04:34, Andreas Sturm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:masterstorm123@gmail.com">masterstorm123@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello @all, <br><br>I'm new to this hackerspace... Hope I post it on the right spot...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Your post was fantastic,and directed at the right group :)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>I'm
a DIY-biologist - especially on bioluminescence, thereafter biodiesel
and meat produced by plants </blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've been working a little on OpenPCR (<a href="http://openpcr.org">openpcr.org</a>), mainly as one of the KickStarter funders, but I have access to two of the original Alpha (Beta?) release machines. I've been partnering with a local Biotech scientist here in Australia - Robert Shepherd <a href="http://www.robertshepherd.com/">http://www.robertshepherd.com/</a> (cc'd above) - and Robert and I have been taking various opportunities to talk with the local Australian community about Open-Source Biotech.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think BioTech solutions will have a big part to play in space research projects.</div><div><br></div><div>As it happens, I've just come from a talk by Mark Stevenson where he discussed a carbon-neutral oil refinery using a genetically modified bacteria to process atmospheric CO2.</div>
<div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">- who is also very interested in space
exploration. Sadly, there's nothing new about that topic. Constellation
cancelled... <br><br>So I'm thinking and thinkering about
ultra-lightweight interstellar probes (if they are very very
lightweight, they don't need so much ion fuel to accelerate!) They may
just use a microcontroller (or two for redundancy) and a camera. They
also would just send one picture a day to save energy. A very small
plutonium-pellet would power the probe, also keeping the probe warm...
Some 5-10 watts may do the job... Thus it would be pulsed ion-drive
-> charge a capacitor for some hours, then power the ione drive for
one hour.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Fantastic project idea!</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And also about Martian probes and habitats, e.g. inflatable ones. <br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>.. and more idea goodness :)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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What's your opinion on lightweight crafts? I think this is the only
cheap way to go, and nowadays it has to be cheap or it gets cancelled...
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The hundred years starship project is a very great thing. I hope fundings will be approved... <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Agreed. Although our bid to get that funding directly failed, we are hopeful that we will have opportunities to work with project Icarus (<a href="http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/">http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/</a>) and may even be able to receive some funding support through them.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For now, we're actively pursuing direct funding through other grants and sponsors to enable an International Hacker Space Program to be supported.</div><div><br></div><div>Nice to meet you Andreas, and welcome to the fun :)</div>
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