[HSIS] [Makers] Media Request

[Ethan Chew]

Hello,

      Thank-you for the media opportunity!

      Here is the contact info for Bill Brown and my teammates on the HSIS
(Hackerspaces In Space) project:

Bill Brown - e-mail: wb8elk at aol.com, Tracking Expert - Developed GPS HAM
radio tracking beacon.
Matt Robinson - e-mail: brimstone at the.narro.ws, Tracking Expert - Developed
cell phone tracker.
Satyam Nayak - e-mail: satyam at gmail.com, Camera Expert - Developed camera
payload.

HSIS Competition Website: http://hackerspacesinspace.com/
Blog entries from our flights: 1st Test Flight April
10<https://256.makerslocal.org/2010/04/15/hacker-spaces-in-space-first-flight/>,
Test Flight June
12<https://256.makerslocal.org/2010/06/14/makers-hsis-recovers-payload-with-bill-brown/>,
Photo From Our Competition Flight
8/28<https://256.makerslocal.org/2010/10/01/makers-local-256-wins-the-hsis-competition/>
Makers Local 256 Website: https://256.makerslocal.org/

               - Ethan

P.S. Here is info on our rocket from Project
HALO<http://nsschapters.org/al/HAL5/HALO_Index.shtml>of
HAL5 <http://chapters.nss.org/al/HAL5/> we discussed.  If you'd like to
learn more about the project, please contact David Hewitt - e-mail:
dhewitt57 at gmail.com.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Greg <gregabyte_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I will forward this on to the members and see if we can get the information
> you need.
>
> Greg Brown
>
> --- On *Thu, 3/31/11, Vincent McDermott <vincentamcdermott at gmail.com>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Vincent McDermott <vincentamcdermott at gmail.com>
> Subject: Media Request
> To: contact at makerslocal.org
> Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 2:11 AM
>
> Good day.
>
> My name is Vincent McDermott, and I am a freelance reporter currently
> working with the National Post in Canada.
>
> To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned launch
> into space, we are doing a supplement on the current state of space travel.
>
> I am writing an article on the D-I-Y movement that is now popular among
> scientists, the curious and hobbyists. Myself and my editors find it amazing
> that the cheap availability of electronics has brought space within the
> grasp of the average person, when it was once a monopoly held by the
> bureaucracy of corporations and government agencies.
>
> If possible, I would like to talk to someone about Makers Local 256 and
> your recent success with Hacker Spaces in Space (congratulations!).
>
> I would like to know the history behind the project, how it was developed,
> how it works, how you feel about the current state and the future of space
> travel and so forth.
>
> I can be reached by this email address, or on my phone at 1-647-567-1810.
>
> Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Regards,
> Vincent McDermott
> National Post
>
>
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