[SpaceProgram] Fwd: Project Management, Starships, and the Failure of Modern Physics - YouTube

[Matt Johnson]

Hi Jerry, I met you at 100YSS, that is how I heard about your space
GAMBIT and this email list. As I understood it the talk was about how
to focus physics research at a large scale, such as federally funded
research projects and large university. I see hacker spaces involved
in a large number of small loosely coordinated, or uncoordinated
projects. Is that wrong? Since these project will be smaller, they
would use more mundane project management techniques.

I had hoped that 100YSS would present some kind of road map or broad
plan that the various groups working on interstellar space could
follow. I still hope they present something. It would probably be
worthwhile asking someone at 100YSS if they plan to produce a road
map.

I am not sure how best to proceed with this sort of problem. You must
have given it some thought before you made the DARPA grant proposals.
What did you come up with? If I were thrown into this problem with no
preparation I would start with some kind of literature search to get a
picture of the current situation and try to interview experienced
researchers in the field to find out what they think the next steps
should be. Then some kind of RFP process to see what people are
interested in doing.

I am not sure how something like RFPs would work in a hacker context,
do you know of examples of this being done? Perhaps an "X prize" style
approach is more appropriate. In either case they would benefit from
some kind of evangelism and marketing.

--
Matt Johnson




On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Jerry Isdale <jerry at mauimakers.com> wrote:
> This was given in the context of the 100YSS organization.
> There are probably a half dozen different non-profit organizations and
> groups now pursuing space technology.
> 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.
>
> If you have a limited amount of funds and your goal is to give it to hackers
> to further space education and research
> how would you decide what work will be done?
>
> That is a quandary that I face.
> Please help us decide.
>
> Jerry Isdale
> isdale at spacegambit.org
> USA Program Lead, SpaceGAMBIT
> Global Alliance of Makers Building Interstellar Technology
> http://SpaceGAMBIT.org
>
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> On Sep 22, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Matt Johnson wrote:
>
> Interesting talk, the sliders were pretty funky though. I am sure
> there is a lot to be gained by using the best technics in decision
> making and project management. That assumes that there is some
> organziation or body that controls project goals and funds and that
> can decided what work will be done. That does not match with my
> understanding of what a hacker space is.
>
> --
> Matt Johnson
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Jerry Isdale <isdale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This was the talk at 100YSS Symposium that kicked me off on Quaternion
>
> Maxwell Physics.
>
> The engineer part of me likes the rigor Buck brings to the discussion ...
>
> The hacker part of me wants to run screaming naked thru the rainforest (my
>
> backyard).
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t95xWsxqNvI
>
>
> The discussion of Heaviside-Tate flame war and impact on theoretical (and
>
> applied) physics starts about 12min in.
>
> The rest of discussion is pretty interesting too.
>
>
> Jerry Isdale
>
> isdale at spacegambit.org
>
> USA Program Lead, SpaceGAMBIT
>
> Global Alliance of Makers Building Interstellar Technology
>
> http://SpaceGAMBIT.org
>
>
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>
>
>
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