[General] Fwd: DARPA wants to fund hackerspaces and biosphere work

[ainut at hiwaay.net]

Typically, the shop generates a proposal, indicating 1) what we want  
to do, 2) how it helps the target program, 3) a broad outline of how  
we intend to accomplish our (sub)goal, and 4) a timeline for getting  
it done.  Also helpful is to have some idea of what tools and supplies  
will be needed to acquire.  Labor, for the most part is nearly free  
from shop members; should outside help be necessary, funds can be  
allocated to that also.
I am extremely interested in this effort as it is one of my life's  
goals so my labor is free.

Sometimes, one can bid in the normal overhead (like shop rent,  
utilities, and tec.)

David Merchant



Quoting Bahiy Watson <bahiy1 at gmail.com>:

> It seems like the question is ... How do we pursue this grant and capture
> it for Makers Local? Does anyone know?
> On May 16, 2012 5:20 PM, "Neil Spear" <spearna at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Very cool.  For 3 years, I worked in NASA mission operations for the Space
>> Shuttle and Space station, then 1 year in Auxiliary propulsion design for
>> Ares 1.  Also, my educational background is orbital mechanics.  I'd be
>> willing to lend any knowledge to any future efforts.
>>
>>
>> - Neil
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Bahiy Watson <bahiy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is right up my alley. I work on planes now for Boeing. But not too
>>> long ago I worked on an Apollo style crew capsule. I had ideas on how to
>>> make it lighter but the ideas were shot down. They were considered too
>>> risky for space flight, but in the airplane business they do what I was
>>> suggesting all the time.
>>> On May 16, 2012 3:57 PM, "Ethan Chew" <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yo,
>>>>
>>>>       Some more ears to the ground info on the DARPA grant of
>>>> HackerSpaces in Space Program.  Jerrry Isdale of Maui Makers now has
>>>> $500,000.00 he will be using to give $30,000 grants every 3  
>>>> months for  "education
>>>> and research projects that enhance humanity's survivability, on earth and
>>>> in space."
>>>>
>>>>                   Fare Onwards & Upwards, ML256,
>>>>                   Ethan/spacefelix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Edward Wright <edward.v.wright at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:49 AM
>>>> Subject: DARPA wants to fund hackerspaces and biosphere work
>>>> To: Robin Snelson <robin.snelson at gmail.com>, Michael Clive <
>>>> zeinin at gmail.com>, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>, Scott Nietfeld <
>>>> snietfeld at gmail.com>, Gary Hudson <gary at ssi.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just got a message from Jerry Isdale, who is DARPA lead for a new
>>>> project, Hackerspaces in Space. He wants to meet us at Maker Faire.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry has $500,000, which he'll be using to give $30k grants every 3
>>>> months for "education and research projects that enhance humanity's
>>>> survivability, on earth and in space."
>>>>
>>>> The following is from the DARPA project proposal:
>>>>
>>>> *There are three investment areas we want to focus on in the first
>>>> decade: education, space economy and biospheres.
>>>> **The first area is creating new generations of makers and researchers
>>>> who can research and implement the necessary technologies. This will be in
>>>> the form of an open source education program, with both self-education and
>>>> group-education components, designed to teach successive generations the
>>>> basics of Maker/ Tinker/ Hacker thinking and encourage continual  
>>>> innovation
>>>> and improvement of the program itself. We also want to inspire an interest
>>>> in space development through providing opportunities for applied sciences
>>>> and engineering.
>>>> **
>>>> **Second, investments in projects to create a viable Near-Earth space
>>>> economy:
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>>    - Space prospecting and mining: Focusing on automated small body
>>>>    electronics: robotics, remote sensing, navigation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Space power station: Providing energy to the Near-Earth space
>>>>    facilities. Solar panels, microwave power transmission
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Space manufacturing: Once provided with power and material, it is
>>>>    possible to start manufacturing in space. To scale up  
>>>> production, research
>>>>    into self-replicating 3D printing machines and fully automated
>>>>    manufacturing.
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> **Finally, efforts to make it possible to live autonomously in space
>>>> and other planets of the solar system through the creation of
>>>> self-encapsulated biospheres with improvements in hydroponics and waste
>>>> recycling.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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