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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://livingwithinsects.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/fruit-flies-on-the-space-shuttle/">http://livingwithinsects.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/fruit-flies-on-the-space-shuttle/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/05/butterflies-in-space-stat_n_380690.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/05/butterflies-in-space-stat_n_380690.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/doc/ARI/ARI%20Study%20Report/ACT-RPT-BIO-ARI-07-6301-MachineAnimalHybridController-Rome.pdf">http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/doc/ARI/ARI%20Study%20Report/ACT-RPT-BIO-ARI-07-6301-MachineAnimalHybridController-Rome.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> general-bounces@lists.makerslocal.org [mailto:general-bounces@lists.makerslocal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Pritt<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 10, 2012 11:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> General discussion about makerslocal<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [General] Design An Open Source Experiment, Get A Ride Into Space!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>How about flying insects? Have they already studied how well different flying bugs adapt to microgravity? That would be neat to watch.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 9, 2012 6:57 PM, "Ethan Chew" <<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hey Guys!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:10.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:10.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> As a hackerspace and as makers, this will interest you! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> The Citizens in Space organization has contracted for 10 suborbital flights of the XCOR Lynx spacecraft. With a nod to open collaboration, they will fly pathfinder experiments free of charge, for anyone who submits their experiment licensed as open-source hardware. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> If you have an idea for an experiment you'd like to fly into space, check out the details on how to design and submit at: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citizensinspace.org%2Fcall-for-experiments%2F&h=aAQHvs0xWAQHUxx9FSzWGxOt_BS4FVYcLgPtutGnuRXx77A&s=1" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3B5998;text-decoration:none'>http://www.citizensinspace.org/call-for-experiments/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> - Ethan Chew/spacefelix<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>General mailing list<br><a href="mailto:General@lists.makerslocal.org">General@lists.makerslocal.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.makerslocal.org/mailman/listinfo/general" target="_blank">http://lists.makerslocal.org/mailman/listinfo/general</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>