I'm sorry, <div><br></div><div> But I have no recollection or record among my notes of this exchange between us. But welcome to the party! :D<div><br></div><div> - Ethan/spacefelix<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:46 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ainut@hiwaay.net" target="_blank">ainut@hiwaay.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Ethan, this grant is along the lines of what I suggested to you a couple years ago.<br>
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Also, since it is space-oriented, it REALLY makes me salivate!<br>
<br>
David Merchant<br>
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Quoting Ethan Chew <<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com" target="_blank">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
Yo,<br>
<br>
Some more ears to the ground info on the DARPA grant of HackerSpaces<br>
in Space Program. Jerrry Isdale of Maui Makers now has $500,000.00 he will<br>
be using to give $30,000 grants every 3 months for "education and research<br>
projects that enhance humanity's survivability, on earth and in space."<br>
<br>
Fare Onwards & Upwards, ML256,<br>
Ethan/spacefelix<br>
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From: Edward Wright <<a href="mailto:edward.v.wright@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.v.wright@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:49 AM<br>
Subject: DARPA wants to fund hackerspaces and biosphere work<br>
To: Robin Snelson <<a href="mailto:robin.snelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">robin.snelson@gmail.com</a>>, Michael Clive <<a href="mailto:zeinin@gmail.com" target="_blank">zeinin@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
Ethan Chew <<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com" target="_blank">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>>, Scott Nietfeld <<a href="mailto:snietfeld@gmail.com" target="_blank">snietfeld@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
Gary Hudson <<a href="mailto:gary@ssi.org" target="_blank">gary@ssi.org</a>><br>
<br>
<br>
I just got a message from Jerry Isdale, who is DARPA lead for a new<br>
project, Hackerspaces in Space. He wants to meet us at Maker Faire.<br>
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Jerry has $500,000, which he'll be using to give $30k grants every 3 months<br>
for "education and research projects that enhance humanity's survivability,<br>
on earth and in space."<br>
<br>
The following is from the DARPA project proposal:<br>
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*There are three investment areas we want to focus on in the first decade:<div class="im"><br>
education, space economy and biospheres.<br></div>
**The first area is creating new generations of makers and researchers who<div class="im"><br>
can research and implement the necessary technologies. This will be in the<br>
form of an open source education program, with both self-education and<br>
group-education components, designed to teach successive generations the<br>
basics of Maker/ Tinker/ Hacker thinking and encourage continual innovation<br>
and improvement of the program itself. We also want to inspire an interest<br>
in space development through providing opportunities for applied sciences<br>
and engineering.<br></div>
**<br>
**Second, investments in projects to create a viable Near-Earth space<br>
economy:<br>
<br>
*<br>
<br>
- Space prospecting and mining: Focusing on automated small body<div class="im"><br>
electronics: robotics, remote sensing, navigation.<br>
<br>
<br></div>
- Space power station: Providing energy to the Near-Earth space<div class="im"><br>
facilities. Solar panels, microwave power transmission<br>
<br>
<br></div>
- Space manufacturing: Once provided with power and material, it is<div class="im"><br>
possible to start manufacturing in space. To scale up production, research<br>
into self-replicating 3D printing machines and fully automated<br>
manufacturing.<br>
<br></div>
*<br>
**Finally, efforts to make it possible to live autonomously in space and<div class="im"><br>
other planets of the solar system through the creation of self-encapsulated<br></div>
biospheres with improvements in hydroponics and waste recycling.*<br>
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