[SpaceProgram] Fwd: DARPA Aims To Reuse Space Junk - Government - Information Management - Informationweek

[Paul Szymkowiak]

On 29 April 2012 02:53, cole santos <cksantos85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think both is good, we propose themes, people can build projects.
> themes can be like education, navigation, in-situ resource, mission
> planning, propulsion, life support, etc.
>
> We need to finish bylaws and get corped
>

Good point. And, as Jerry has pointed out, we still need to decide a bunch
of related points around structure, name, purpose, etc.


Then we solicit members and projects, while running the first
> competition. We can do a competition for glory to show we are serious.
> Probably in the education category. We can do this without them,


Well, maybe. If we look at the GGHC, all teams were on a reasonably level
playing field due to the e14 seed money.
I suspect a large number of teams would not have participated at all
without those funds.
So, I agree that the "prize" could be simply "glory", but to get a good
number of teams involved, associated publicity, and people committing their
time to a competition, I think we'd at least need to cover basic materials
costs.



> darpa funding is like catalyst in resin sitting in the sun. Either way we
> cure, one way takes longer.
>

I wonder if we could obtain a small amount of funding from someone other
than DARPA for an initial competition?



>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Paul Szymkowiak <paulszym at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Jerry,
> >
> > On 28/04/2012, at 9:52 AM, Jerry Isdale <isdale at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok...  we need to start collecting ideas for projects for HSP.
> >
> >
> > Can you confirm why we need to do that? What specific need or
> requirement is
> > driving us to do that? Understanding that will help us navigate a
> suitable
> > solution.
> >
> > Unless DARPA are specifically asking, or we're contractually required
> to, my
> > take is we probably don't need to do this - what we could do is to begin
> > encouraging hackerspaces to propose projects. However, until we have
> actual
> > funds available, that arguably doesn't make much sense.
> >
> > If DARPA is requiring this, then I suggest we focus on competitions,
> along
> > the lines Cole, myself and others were discussing.
> >
> > My take is we don't want to end up being the "grand design" committee,
> > planning out a n-year development program ourselves. Instead, I feel we
> need
> > is to allow hackerspaces to organically define a program.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >  Here's another DARPA project that might have some ideas for people...
>  heck
> > its hacking satellites!!
> >
> > http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/232901038
> >
> > Jerry Isdale
> > isdale at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
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