{"id":7186,"date":"2014-04-02T19:23:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7186"},"modified":"2014-04-02T19:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:23:45","slug":"spaceunited-a-humanitarian-space-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7186","title":{"rendered":"SpaceUnited – a humanitarian space agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Livingston recently interview Adam Brinckerhoff about the SpaceUnited project:\u00a0Adam Brinckerhoff, Friday, 3-28-14 – Thespaceshow’s Blog<\/a><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2217-BWB-2014-03-28.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

SpaceUnited<\/a>\u00a0is described as<\/span>\u00a0“your nonprofit humanitarian space agency. Explore for good.” They define a “humanitarian space agency” as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a organization that helps people on Earth and beyond through the use of space technologies. Today, this help comes in the form of satellite imagery, improved housing, life-support systems, and science and education programs. Tomorrow it could mean interstellar Internet access; Mars and Moon aid; or a million other things.<\/em><\/p>\n

Their primary goals currently appeared to be implementing Humanitarian Space Missions<\/a>. Here are three current missions\u00a0–<\/p>\n

ExploraLab<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0Would you like to send something to the stratosphere?\u00a0ExploraLab<\/a>\u00a0is your rocket-shaped experiment payload carrier. Simply create an experiment, put it into an ExploraLab, and drop it in the mail. We\u2019ll make sure that it flies high and then gets delivered back to you!<\/em><\/p>\n

SHIM-1<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0SHIM-1 is a mission about saving lives. We\u2019re working to purchase real-time satellite photos for humanitarian efforts, such as emergency relief organizations and international human rights watchdogs.\u00a0Discover how you can help.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

HOME-<\/strong>1<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0HOME stands for Human Optimized Modular Environment. The mission of the HOME program is to improve human life by improving housing. We\u2019re working on building HOMEs for on and off-Earth use.\u00a0Check out this awesome project.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Two completed missions are\u00a0BalloonSat-1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0BalloonSat-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can follow their activities and progress at the\u00a0SpaceUnited Blog<\/a>. Also, SpaceUnited executives Troy Dunn and Adam Brinckerhoff present Google+ Hangouts every Tuesday at 11:30 AM MT in which they<\/span><\/p>\n

discuss the humanitarian space exploration topic of the week, interview a guest, and answer your questions live!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a recent Hangout in which they discussed \u00a0\u201cHow To Do Space Exploration Yourself\u201d :\u00a0\u00a0SpaceUnited Hangout 3-18-14 – SpaceUnited<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n