New web site for nanosat community
December 19th, 2008 By Matt Filed Under Uncategorized
For anybody interested in CubeSats, CanSats, or other nano satellite activity, there is a new web site called SEF Spaceworks focused on you. The site was founded by Professor Bob Twiggs of Stanford University, and Jeffrey Manber a well known space entrepreneur. With a focus on “Small, Entrepreneurial and Functional” space systems, I suspect this will be an expanding community in the years to come as student projects start to make quicker and more direct transitions into the commercial space market.
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It’s a mystery…team
December 11th, 2008 By Matt Filed Under Industry Space
Discovery Channel Blog has an interesting look at the mystery surrounding the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mystery Team.
It’s good to see a bit of fun and intrigue around space activities. It will be interesting to see who is behind this team and if they come out as a frontrunner.
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Space Shuttle Makes a Bow Wave in Twittersphere
December 5th, 2008 By Matt Filed Under Factoid Space
The sonic boom created by Space Shuttle Endeavor on return from orbit was heard across Los Angeles. Similar to the way earthquakes have done in the past, the event caused Twitter users who heard the sound but did not know the cause to inquire with each other to determine the cause. Even more interesting that LA Times picked up the story.
It is fun to see how Twitter is turning humans into sentient sensors roaming around the world publising their data. Could this be a useful paradigm for planetary exploration? Hundreds of mini-rovers unleashed on an unsuspecting planetary surface to report back what they find would create a very different data set than those acquired from a single rover.
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