Space model building is not just a hobby. NASA and industry use models for exhibits, education, marketing, etc. They can help make an abstract, technical project real, especially to those paying for it : NASA, aerospace industry depend on scale models to get message across – The Daily Breeze.
Isao Hirai of Scale Model Co. in Hawthorne, California describes his aerospace modeling experiences:
A selection of recent space policy related items:
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 223 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – August 10, 2013:
* Fox-1 Z Axis Solar Panels Approved
* Second call for papers for 2013 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium
* AMSATDroid Free smartphone satellite tracking App
* Open Source Development for MMTTY, MMVARI, and MMSSTV
* NASA Interns Build CubeSat
* Cal Poly and SmallSat 2013 Summer CubeSat Developers’ Workshop video stream
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
Here are a list of Spacecasts of interest from this week:
Bob Zimmerman spoke on the John Batchelor radio program on Thursday: Thurs 8/8/13 Hr 2 – John Batchelor Show
Topics included Curiosity’s first year on Mars, the effort to bring Kepler back to life, and the Dawn spacecraft’s journey from the asteroidsVesta to Ceres.
And Bob came on the show again on Friday: Fri 8/9/13 Hr 1 – John Batchelor Show.
Topics included the solar cycle and the poor reporting about the periodic flipping of the sun’s magnetic field.
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On the Hotel Mars segment this week, Dr. Alan Hale talked with Batchelor and David Livingston about the comet ISON: John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 8-7-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog
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The Space Show this week began with Jeff Foust talking about a wide range of space policy and NewSpace related topics: Dr. Jeff Foust, Monday, 8-5-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog
On Tuesday, Bob Zubrin of The Mars Society spoke about the upcoming 16th Annual International Mars Society Convention at the University of Colorado in Boulder on August 15-18: Dr. Robert Zubrin, Tuesday, 8-6-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog.
On Friday, Blaze Sanders spoke about his company Solar System Express (Sol-x) and their Gravity Development Board (GDB), Do It Yourself Space, and NASA Internships: Blaze Sanders, Friday, 8-9-13 | Thespaceshow’s Blog
Thirteen year-old Camille Beatty and her sister Genevieve are building robots with their dad at Beatty Robotics “Family fun with mechatronics”. They are getting attention for a Mars Rover style robot that will be used in a display at the New York Hall of Science, where visitors can control the robot as it traverses simulated Martian terrain: Schoolgirls Build Homemade Mars Rover You Can Drive – Space.com
The girls post updates on their robot projects along with images and videos on the Workshop Blog.