[SpaceProgram] DARPA MENTOR Award to Bring Making to Education

[Huei Ming Tan]

In the meantime...

Project Icarus: Laying the Plans for Interstellar Travel
*Andreas Tziolas is drafting a blueprint for a mission to a nearby star.
Here, he discusses how we'll get there -- and why we try.*

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/project-icarus-laying-the-plans-for-interstellar-travel/253335/



Warmest regards,
Huei Ming


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Paul Szymkowiak <paulszym+cchs at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'd heard this had happened, but here's a link to details:
>
>
> http://makerspace.com/2012/01/16/darpa-mentor-award-to-bring-making-to-education/
>
>
> I guess the good news is it demonstrates that DARPA see value in the maker
> community: hackerspaces, makerspaces, fablab's, etc.
>
> Although apparently "aimed at engaging high school students", it strikes
> me that some of the points called out in the article relate to what we've
> proposed it terms of "collaborative distributed manufacturing and design
> experiments", mentoring and supporting the maker/ hacker approach to
> problem solving and design, etc
>
> What I'm not sure about is what impact it would/ should have - if any - in
> shaping or modifying the current proposal to DARPA.
>
>
> Paul
>
> Paul Szymkowiak
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