<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This was given in the context of the 100YSS organization.<div>There are probably a half dozen different non-profit organizations and groups now pursuing space technology.</div><div>To some extent each of these (including our SpaceGAMBIT) does 'control project goals and funds' which decides what work will be done, at least on their nickel.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have a limited amount of funds and your goal is to give it to hackers to further space education and research</div><div>how would you decide what work will be done?</div><div><br></div><div>That is a quandary that I face.</div><div>Please help us decide.</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 22, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Matt Johnson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Interesting talk, the sliders were pretty funky though. I am sure<br>there is a lot to be gained by using the best technics in decision<br>making and project management. That assumes that there is some<br>organziation or body that controls project goals and funds and that<br>can decided what work will be done. That does not match with my<br>understanding of what a hacker space is.<br><br>--<br>Matt Johnson<br><br><br><br>On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Jerry Isdale <<a href="mailto:isdale@gmail.com">isdale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">This was the talk at 100YSS Symposium that kicked me off on Quaternion<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Maxwell Physics.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The engineer part of me likes the rigor Buck brings to the discussion ...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The hacker part of me wants to run screaming naked thru the rainforest (my<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">backyard).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t95xWsxqNvI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t95xWsxqNvI</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The discussion of Heaviside-Tate flame war and impact on theoretical (and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">applied) physics starts about 12min in.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The rest of discussion is pretty interesting too.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Jerry Isdale<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:isdale@spacegambit.org">isdale@spacegambit.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">USA Program Lead, SpaceGAMBIT<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Global Alliance of Makers Building Interstellar Technology<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://SpaceGAMBIT.org">http://SpaceGAMBIT.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">This email is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">human(s) named above. If intercepted by an extraterrestrial civilization,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">all opinions expressed in this email are my own and do not necessarily<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">reflect the opinion of mankind as a whole.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">SpaceProgram mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:SpaceProgram@lists.hackerspaces.org">SpaceProgram@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceprogram">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceprogram</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>SpaceProgram mailing list<br><a href="mailto:SpaceProgram@lists.hackerspaces.org">SpaceProgram@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br>http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceprogram<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>