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

Wed May 16 19:51:41 CDT 2012

Thanks for the links. This looks pretty cool.

Who all are interested in tackling this project? From the emails, it seems
like it's just me (Bahiy) and Neil. Anyone else?

I will email Jerry Isdale for more details

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well,
>
>     First, read the attached.  TLDR, check out the following
> hackerspaces.org wikipage for info:
> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspaces_Global_Space_Program
>     You can also join their mailing list at:
> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/spaceprogram
>
>     The main man to ask questions is Jerry Isdale (USA contact):
>
>     isdale at gmail.com
>     180 Kapuai Rd
>     Haiku, HI 96708
>     808-573-7606
>
> As I understand it, make a project that is in line with the grant's spirit
> ("education and research projects that enhance humanity’s survivability,
> on earth and in space"), write a proposal and send it to Jerry.  Good luck
> now guys! :D
>
>          - Ethan/spacefelix
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Bahiy Watson <bahiy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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