{"id":10466,"date":"2015-04-24T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T18:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10466"},"modified":"2015-04-24T20:22:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T00:22:46","slug":"grant-imahara-partners-with-mouser-com-for-space-info-and-participation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10466","title":{"rendered":"Grant Imahara partners with Mouser.com for space contests and participation projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grant_Imahara\">Grant Imahara<\/a>, a former member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery.com\/tv-shows\/mythbusters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mythbusters<\/a> team, has partnered with\u00a0the electronics distributor Mouser.com to create space contests and participatory projects. For example, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouser.com\/contests\/space-travel-challenge?cm_mmc=PressRelease-PR-_-Mouser-_-Space+Travel+Challenge\/Mouser+and+Imahara+Launch+New+Space+Series+to+Create+a+Lunar+legacy+and+Ultimate+Space+Face-Off:+Mars+vs+Moon-_-2015-04-20\" target=\"_d\">Space Travel Challenge<\/a>\u00a0is a contest to send pictures and messages to the lunar surface via\u00a0Astrobotic&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrobotic.com\/moon-mail\" target=\"_d\">MoonMail<\/a>\u00a0service:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouser.com\/publicrelationsmouserspaceserieslaunchfinal2015\/\" target=\"_d\">Mouser and Imahara Launch New Space Series to Create a Lunar Legacy and Ultimate Space Face-Off: Mars vs Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the project, Imahara has a website with videos and articles:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouser.com\/empowering-innovation\/space-travel?cm_mmc=PressRelease-PR-_-Mouser-_-Space+Travel\/Mouser+and+Imahara+Launch+New+Space+Series+to+Create+a+Lunar+legacy+and+Ultimate+Space+Face-Off:+Mars+vs+Moon-_-2015-04-20\" target=\"_d\">The Future of Space Travel | Empowering Innovation With Grant\u00a0Imahara\u00a0&#8211; Mouser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Imahara writes about the challenges facing space travelers:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouser.com\/blog\/challenges-on-the-final-frontier\" target=\"_d\">Challenges on the Final Frontier &#8211; Bench Talk\/Mouser Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is a sampling\u00a0of his video interviews:<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"eow-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One Project \u2013 To Colonize Mars\">* Bas Lansdorp, CEO of <a href=\"www.mars-one.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mars One<\/a> Project \u2013 To Colonize Mars<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a-_BFN6dMCA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Space Exploration \u2013 Bobak Ferdowsi talks about the Moon &amp; Mars Exploration\">Space Exploration \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobak_Ferdowsi\" target=\"_blank\">Bobak Ferdowsi<\/a> talks about the Moon &amp; Mars Exploration<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M8jR8zeGnDs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Space Electronics \u2013 John Branthoover, Astrobotic's Senior Electrical Engineer\">Space Electronics \u2013 John Branthoover, <a href=\"http:\/\/astrobotic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Astrobotic<\/a>&#8216;s Senior Electrical Engineer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PrrgC3CVh3c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Imahara, a former member of the Mythbusters team, has partnered with\u00a0the electronics distributor Mouser.com to create space contests and participatory projects. For example, the\u00a0Space Travel Challenge\u00a0is a contest to send pictures and messages to the lunar surface via\u00a0Astrobotic&#8217;s\u00a0MoonMail\u00a0service:\u00a0Mouser and Imahara Launch New Space Series to Create a Lunar Legacy and Ultimate Space Face-Off: Mars &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10466\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grant Imahara partners with Mouser.com for space contests and participation projects<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-education","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2IO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1086,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1086","url_meta":{"origin":10466,"position":0},"title":"Space video contests: Golden Spike and Why Space Matters","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Alan Boyle reports on two space video contests: Space ventures want your videos - Cosmic Log === * Golden Spike Video Competition\u00a0 Golden Spike has launched a video competition for anyone who contributes to the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign! 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