If I have any regrets in 2011, it’s not building a trip to this event into my travel budget. There is so much awesome here, it’s unbelievable.
It’s completely sold out already!
hackerSPACE Workshop Agenda
Day One
Welcome and Introduction – Kris Kimel 9:00 – 9:30am
Why go to space? – Bob Twiggs 9:30 – 10:15am
- Curiosity
- Scientific Inquiry
- Tactical Advantage
Coffee Break
Why is space unique? – Bob Twiggs 10:15 – 11:00am
- Altitude
- Coverage
- Environment
Discussion Breakout – What do you want to do in space? 11:00 – 12:00pm
- Bob – Assignment
- Dan – Discussion
Lunch (Jimmy Johns) 12:00 – 1:00pm
Mission Concept Development – Daniel Erb 1:00 – 1:45pm
- Requirements Generation
- Spacecraft Subsystems and Architecture
- COTS vs Custom
Coffee Break
Testing for space – Daniel Erb 1:45 – 2:30pm
- Types of testing
- Terrestrial analogs
- Testing properly
Discussion breakout – Furthering your mission concept 2:30 – 3:30pm
- Dan – Assignment
- Bob – Discussion
Getting a launch – Bob and Dan 3:30 – 4:15pm
- Launch opportunities
- Interfacing with launch providers
Coffee Break
Operations – Bob and Dan 4:15 – 5:00pm
- Never too early
- Amateur radio
- APRS
Day Two
Hardware explanation 9:00 – 10:00am
- Schematic
- BOM
- Kits
Coffee Break
Attendee Experiences 10:00 – 11:30am
Lunch and Open Discussion (Papa Johns) 11:30 – 12:30pm
Open Period 12:30 – 2:30pm
- Soldering Workshop
- Programming Workshop
- Lab Tour
- Discussion
Feedback, Evaluation, and Next Steps 2:30 – 3:00pm
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