{"id":1739,"date":"2013-04-18T20:32:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T20:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2013-04-18T20:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T20:32:47","slug":"first-space-hacker-workshop-to-happen-in-silicon-valley-on-may-4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"First space hacker workshop to happen in Silicon Valley on May 4-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Silicon Valley Space Center<\/a> and Citizens in Space<\/a> :<\/p>\n

The Final Frontier for Citizen Science<\/strong>
\nFirst Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Silicon Valley<\/em><\/div>\n

Mountain View, California (Apr. 2, 2013) \u2013 Are you a hardware hacker? Do you have the Right Stuff to become a citizen scientist or citizen astronaut? Here\u2019s your chance to find out.<\/p>\n

Citizen scientists and hardware hackers will learn how to do \u201cspace on the cheap\u201d at the first Space Hacker Workshop for Suborbital Experiments. Participants at the two-day workshop will learn how they can build and fly experiments in space, and even fly in space as citizen astronauts, through the Citizens in Space program.<\/p>\n

The Space Hacker Workshop<\/a> takes place May 4-5 at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, California, across the street (literally) from NASA Ames Research Center. \u00a0The workshop is sponsored by Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, and the Silicon Valley Space Center.<\/p>\n

Citizens in Space<\/a> has purchased 10 flights on the XCOR Lynx spacecraft, now under construction at the Mojave Air and Space Port, which will be made available to the citizen-science community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for 100 citizen-science experiments and 10 citizen astronauts to fly as payload operators,\u201d Citizens in Space project manager Edward Wright said. \u201cThis is a chance for citizen scientists to develop and test new technologies, like bioreactors and 3D printing, in zero gravity; to collect microorganisms from the extreme upper atmosphere; to experiment with new processes for creating new materials; and do many more cool things. The Space Hacker Workshop will provide participants with information and skills needed to take advantage of our free flight opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSpace is no longer the exclusive domain of NASA and university scientists,\u201d said Dr. Sean Casey, co-founder of the Silicon Valley Space Center. \u201cCitizen scientists can build and fly fully functioning experiments for a few hundred dollars or less, thanks to technology developed here in Silicon Valley. With components available at Radio Shack or Fry\u2019s Electronics, citizen scientists can build instruments and experiments with more power than a NASA satellite from a few years back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCommercial spaceflight is the next high-tech revolution, making space a participatory frontier,\u201d said Dr. Alexander Saltman, executive director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. \u201cThis event will tap into the creative spirit that has made Silicon Valley a center of innovation for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Space Hacker Workshop will provide hands-on exposure to a variety of microcontrollers, sensors, imaging systems, and other components. With these components, participants will learn how to design and build microgravity, fluid-physics, life-science, and engineering experiments.<\/p>\n

Infinity Aerospace, which is developing the open-source ArduLab for low-cost space experiments, will be on hand to discuss the use of ArduLab hardware as a development platform. Also on hand will be representatives of XCOR Aerospace, which is building the fully reusable Lynx suborbital spacecraft, and NASA Ames Research Center.<\/p>\n

Khaki Rodway of XCOR Aerospace will discuss the capabilities and requirements of the Lynx spacecraft. A panel of experts from NASA and industry will discuss research professional scientists have done in the past, prospects for new research on low-cost vehicles such as the Lynx, and opportunities for citizen scientists to build on the shoulders of NASA giants.<\/p>\n

Project manager Edward Wright will be on hand to discuss Citizens in Space flight opportunities for experiments and citizen astronauts, including an exclusive glimpse at citizen-astronaut training activities planned for this summer.<\/p>\n

Admission for the event is $150 at the door, but early-bird tickets are available now for $100. Tickets are limited and the event may sell out. Online registration is available at spacehacker.eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Silicon Valley Space Center and Citizens in Space : The Final Frontier for Citizen Science First Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Silicon Valley Mountain View, California (Apr. 2, 2013) \u2013 Are you a hardware hacker? Do you have the Right Stuff to become a citizen scientist or citizen astronaut? 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