{"id":11844,"date":"2015-12-03T01:34:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T06:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11844"},"modified":"2015-12-03T01:34:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T06:34:54","slug":"dreamup-as-pbc-aims-to-lower-barriers-to-student-research-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11844","title":{"rendered":"DreamUp as PBC aims to lower barriers to student research in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company NanoRacks<\/a>, which supports scientific experiments<\/a> on the Int. Space Station and launches CubeSats<\/a> from the station as well, has announced that it will spin off its DreamUp<\/a> education program into a\u00a0Public Benefit Corporation:\u00a0Space Education and Research Reaches New Heights: Announcing DreamUp, PBC<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

Today, DreamUp is excited to announce that NanoRacks and its parent company, XO Markets, are creating a new company dedicated to lowering the barriers to student and university research: DreamUp, PBC.<\/em><\/p>\n

As such, we join the ranks of Ben & Jerry and Kickstarter, just two of the growing number of companies that have been incorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

PBC\u2019s are commercial organizations whose by-laws urge shareholders and management to do more than turn a profit: they also seek to undertake some public good in a series of defined mandates. Until now, in our society, companies must focus only on the bottom line. Benefit Corporations are different: they can and must do more for society.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For DreamUp, the goals are simple: we will strive to make space research a viable part of students and university researchers. We will seek to make crowdsourcing a far more efficient tool for space-based projects. And within a few short years we aim to have teachers and students from all fifty states and a dozen countries worldwide enjoy the benefits of real STEM experience via the unique environment of space.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Previously, DreamUp has stood as the educational arm of NanoRacks, the go-to company for commercial access to space. Explains Jeffrey Manber, the chairman of the board for XO Markets, \u201cwe realized the time has come to tap the expertise of a whole new set of dedicated professionals in order to leverage our existing foundation. We are proud of our educational partners and customers across the world that utilize DreamUp today. Now we are ready to take space-based education to a whole new level.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

DreamUp will continue to utilize the in-house experts to ensure DreamUp PBC continues to offer unprecedented opportunities for students, researchers, and innovators. To date, DreamUp and NanoRacks have launched over 200 unique educational payloads to the International Space Station.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a video of a group of three students who will send an experiment to the ISS via DreamUp:<\/p>\n