The Lethbridge Rocketry Association will host a big rocketry meet, sanctioned by the CARWeb – The Canadian Association of Rocketry, at Rock Lake, Alberta this month: Canadian Rockeeters Gathering in Rock Lake from June 28th – 30th – The Commercial Space Blog.
AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news
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 160 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – June 6, 2013:
* Fox-1 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination Letter
* _Reminder_: Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Approaching
* AMSAT Field Day 2013
* AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions Webpage Restored
* 2013 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT Forum Presentations Now on YouTube.com
* New Video on Ham Radio Satellite SO-50 on FM handheld
* South Africa Radio Amateur of the Year Awards 2013 Nominations Closes June 10
Copenhagen Suborbitals: Tycho Deep Space II capsule update
Copenhagen Suborbitals posts a video report on development status and coming work for their Tycho Deep Space II capsule: Past and Future Work on a Third Generation DIY Space Capsule – Wired Science/Wired.com
Spacevidcast 6.16: Is big government our best chance to explore the cosmos?
Spacevidcast posts their latest live program: Is Big Government our best chance to explore the cosmos? – Spacevidcast
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The wiki article for this episode can be found here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/6.16
In this episode we answer a viewer comment: Will Big Government be our only hope to get off this rock? Historically, that seems likely, but how much as NewSpace change the equation?
In Space News we look at the Planetary Resources Kickstarter, which you can pledge to here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1…, NRC is looking for your comments on Human Space Flight and we have a Wiki article helping to write a response here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/The_R…, a couple of awesome launches and Atlantis is just weeks away from being revealed in her new home.
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SunSat Design Competition opens Indiegogo fundraising campaign.
The International SunSat Design Competition, based at Ohio University, has opened a crowd-sourcing campaign to fund the contest: International SunSat Design Competition – Indiegogo. Here is an announcement about the effort:
SunSat Design Competition & Indiegogo Fundraising
Our SunSat Design Competition was officially launched last week at the International Space Development Conference in San Diego. This Competition – to generate multiple new designs for the next-generation satellites and earth/space architectures for delivering sun’s energy from space to earth – is a targeted project of the National Space Society and the Society of Satellite Professionals International. Ohio University has agreed to manage the two-year Competition, but money must be raised to make it happen.
Our Indiegogo micro-funding campaign has been extended for an additional 45 days in an effort to raise the full $110,000. Please help us by going to our new International SunSat Design Competition site on Indiegogo and make a contribution at one of the several funding levels. You are also encouraged to share this opportunity with others with mutual interests.
If you doubt your contribution will make a difference, take a look at the Lewis Fraas ISDC presentation on Reflective Sunlight that is in the process of being published by the Space Journal. Earlier this week, Dr. Fraas’ paper and the Ohio University student visualization of the concept he introduced in San Diego was shared with the India Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the India Institute of Space Sciences and Technology (IISST), via Dr. APJ Abdulkalam.
Global interest in space is growing. By using the creative talents of our universities, working cooperatively with our space professionals, we can help to accelerate public interest in these developments. Energy from space is one of those historically significant first steps. Your financial assistance of this important international initiative – added to the contributions of others – will make a difference. Please join us.