{"id":8978,"date":"2014-10-08T02:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2014-10-08T02:22:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T06:22:02","slug":"misc-isee-3-reboot-project-review-leland-melvin-and-spaceship-earth-grants-mars-one-sim-shows-big-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8978","title":{"rendered":"Misc: ISEE-3 Reboot Project review + Leland Melvin and Spaceship Earth Grants + Mars One sim shows big challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a set of links that have been sitting in my queue.<\/p>\n

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Here is an\u00a0article\u00a0that tells the story of the\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project<\/a>‘s successful effort to contact and gain control of the\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorer 3<\/a> unmanned probe (ISEE-3), which was launched by NASA in 1978 and subsequently redirected to follow a comet : Space: the financial frontier \u2013 how citizen scientists took control of a spaceship – TheConversation.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The project, which was funded via crowd-sourcing, was\u00a0reported on here several times. Unfortunately, the\u00a0propulsion system could not be restarted and so they could not place\u00a0the ISEE-3 probe into an orbit that would keep it close to earth and let it resume its solar science measurements. Nevertheless, the project demonstrated a great deal: a private group can raise funding for such a project, can gain access to elaborated\u00a0ground control systems, and can contact and control a sophisticated scientific spacecraft. This may inspire many more such projects.<\/p>\n

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Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin spoke to David Livingston on The Spac eShow about the\u00a0Spaceship Earth Grants <\/a>(SEG), on which\u00a0Leland is the president:\u00a0Leland Melvin, Friday, 10-3-14 – Thespaceshow’s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Melvin started out by telling us about SEG which he said was formed to do good in the world.\u00a0 He talked about their contest for raising money to send people to space so that they will experience an orbital shift in perception (The Overview Effect) and upon return, do work and good with this new perspective of Earth.\u00a0 They want this new perspective shared with others for the benefit of all.\u00a0 He talked about the application for the contest and the fee structure which you will find fully explained on their website so see the above URL.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Leland explained that this was a crowd funding program though not like others that use specific crowd funding program such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo.\u00a0 We also learned from a listener question that the contest winners will choose their own carrier for going to space and will need to comply with the rules & conditions set by that particular carrier.\u00a0 Later, he mentioned that they would have a spaceflight training academy but details would not be announced until later in October.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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A simulation of a Mars One<\/a> type of settlement found\u00a0several\u00a0serious\u00a0problems that will need to be solved before such an endeavor can be viable\u00a0:\u00a0MIT Analysis Paints Bleak Outcome for Mars One Concept – SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a set of links that have been sitting in my queue. — Here is an\u00a0article\u00a0that tells the story of the\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project‘s successful effort to contact and gain control of the\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 unmanned probe (ISEE-3), which was launched by NASA in 1978 and subsequently redirected to follow a comet : Space: the … Continue reading Misc: ISEE-3 Reboot Project review + Leland Melvin and Spaceship Earth Grants + Mars One sim shows big challenges<\/span> →<\/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":[35,18,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-space-settlement","category-spaceflight-parabolic-flight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2kO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7537,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7537","url_meta":{"origin":8978,"position":0},"title":"ISEE-3 Reboot Project – Help restart a sun-earth explorer","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written about an effort to reconnect with the 36 year old\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorers (ISSE)\u00a0spacecraft and direct it back to its original solar science mission: Reawakening and returning a 36 year old spacecraft to its original mission ICE\/ISEE-3 spacecraft signals picked up by amateur space radio buffs Dennis Wingo (Skycorp)\u00a0gives\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Solar Science"","block_context":{"text":"Solar Science","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=31"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TJw3XsmJIUs\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8058,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8058","url_meta":{"origin":8978,"position":1},"title":"ISEE-3 Reboot Project update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project\u00a0(see the recent\u00a0post\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project takes command of the spacecraft) continues to make progress in the effort to resurrect and re-target NASA's\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3) spacecraft, launched in 1978 to study the earth's magnetosphere but re-targeted to study two comets. \u00a0the Reboot Project will try to return the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DIY space"","block_context":{"text":"DIY space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/CLPG15HXkv8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7886,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7886","url_meta":{"origin":8978,"position":2},"title":"NASA green-lights citizen science group’s effort to contact & redirect ISEE-3 spacecraft","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written about the\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project\u00a0effort by a private non-profit group to reconnect with NASA's\u00a035\u00a0year old International Sun-Earth Explorers (ISSE)\u00a0spacecraft and direct it back to its original solar science mission. 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