{"id":5782,"date":"2013-12-21T06:22:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T06:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2013-12-21T06:22:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T06:22:09","slug":"successful-kickstarter-for-cubesat-deep-space-propulsion-system-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5782","title":{"rendered":"Successful Kickstarter for Cubesat deep space propulsion system project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader points me to a very successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $96,799, far beyond the goal of $50,000,\u00a0\u00a0to fund \u00a0development of a low cost propulsion system capable of sending nanosats on deep space missions:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/longmier\/cat-launch-a-water-propelled-satellite-into-deep-s\" target=\"_d\">CAT: Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by Benjamin Longmier, Ph.D. \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our vision is to enable extremely low-cost access to deep space. We are developing the CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT), a new rocket propulsion system powered by the Sun and propelled by water, which will push small spacecraft like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CubeSat\" target=\"_blank\">CubeSats<\/a>\u00a0around and far beyond the Earth. New propulsion technologies can cost billions of dollars and take a decade to build and launch. CAT will be one of least expensive and most rapidly developed deep-space-capable systems ever built.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>The project is based at the University of Michigan and led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engin.umich.edu\/aero\/people\/faculty\/benjamin-longmier\" target=\"_d\">Benjamin Longmier<\/a>.\u00a0Here was their fund raising video:<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/longmier\/cat-launch-a-water-propelled-satellite-into-deep-s\/widget\/video.html\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader points me to a very successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $96,799, far beyond the goal of $50,000,\u00a0\u00a0to fund \u00a0development of a low cost propulsion system capable of sending nanosats on deep space missions:\u00a0CAT: Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by Benjamin Longmier, Ph.D. \u2014 Kickstarter Our vision is to enable extremely low-cost &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5782\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Successful Kickstarter for Cubesat deep space propulsion system project<\/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":[4,5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateurstudent-satellite","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1vg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22028,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22028","url_meta":{"origin":5782,"position":0},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; June.17.2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** NASA expands Cube Quest Challenge competition: \u00a0NASA Invites Competitors to Shoot for the Moon and Beyond | NASA NASA is inviting additional teams to compete\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ANDESITE_01-500x281.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3440,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3440","url_meta":{"origin":5782,"position":1},"title":"Crowdsource to Mars student contest + Kickstarter interplanetary Cubesat thruster","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are two space related crowdfunding campaigns: The Society for International Space Cooperation (SISC) is \"an educational nonprofit\u00a0organization whose board includes astronauts, cosmonauts, and luminaries like director James Cameron.\" They have started the project Crowdsource To Mars Online Platform & Student Contest The Crowdsource To Mars International Online Platform and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4907,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4907","url_meta":{"origin":5782,"position":2},"title":"Ares Institute LunarSail project update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Ares Institute\u00a0recently completed a very successful\u00a0Kickstarter campaign\u00a0in support of their \u00a0LunarSail\u00a0project. 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