{"id":2769,"date":"2013-06-14T00:24:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T00:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2013-06-14T00:24:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T00:24:30","slug":"space-hacker-workshop-dallas-texas-july-20-21-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2769","title":{"rendered":"Space Hacker Workshop – Dallas, Texas July 20-21, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Citizens in Space<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Citizen Science and Space Exploration in the Lone Star State<\/strong>
\nSpace Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Dallas<\/em><\/p>\n

Dallas, TX (June 14, 2013) \u2013 Space isn\u2019t just for governments and large corporations.<\/p>\n

Citizen scientists and hardware hackers will learn how to do \u201cspace on the cheap\u201d at a two-day Space Hacker Workshop in Dallas. Participants at the 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 takes place July 20-21 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field. \u00a0The workshop is sponsored by Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, and SpaceGAMBIT, an international collaboration of citizen scientists operating through makerspaces, hackerspaces, and community groups.<\/p>\n

Citizens in Space 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. \u201cThe Space Hacker Workshop will provide participants with information and skills needed to take advantage of our free flight opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for citizen scientists to develop and test new technologies in space, to collect microorganisms from the extreme upper atmosphere, to experiment with new processes for creating new materials; and do many more cool things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Space is no longer the exclusive domain of NASA and university scientists. A previous Space Hacker Workshop in California attracted a standing-room crowd of men and women from every walk of life. High-school students sat next to medical doctors and astrobiologists. Tinkers and hobbyists worked alongside engineers and physics professors, a heart surgeon, and a NASA astronaut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the makers of space,\u201d said one participant at the California workshop. \u201cThis event is about making and doing, rather than talking and talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to modern technology, citizen scientists can build and fly fully functioning space experiments for a few hundred dollars or less, \u201d Wright said. \u201cWith 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

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. Each paid participant will receive a hardware package to take home after the workshop.<\/p>\n

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

Three citizen-astronaut candidates will also be on hand, to discuss the Citizens in Space astronaut selection and training process.<\/p>\n

Admission for the event is $129 at the door. Super Early Bird tickets are available now for $79. Tickets are limited and the event may sell out. Online registration is available at spacehackerdfw.eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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