I've spent the last few days reading the Omni Magazines from 1978 and 1979. All of them in fact. I'm struck by something: we're still talking about most of these same ideas as things for the future... In those magazines, there are spaceships in your garage. Critisisms of NASA's inability to attract a younger crowd. Ray... Continue Reading →
We've partnered with Kentucky Space to bring you a flexible DIY exploration platform. It's available for pre-order now! Firefly is a flexible-use fully assembled board that can serve as the basis for the brains, fuel, and voice for many different applications including: high-altitude balloons suborbital flights CubeSat class satellites small payloads for the International Space... Continue Reading →
Guest: Jonathan Danforth There are MAKERS in North Carolina, for real! Join many of them on June 16 in Raleigh NC for MAKERFAIRE, NC! Every year at Maker Faire North Carolina Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Evil Geniuses, Scientists and Artists come together for a day of family-friendly fun and inspiration. From home-made cookies to home-made robots,... Continue Reading →
In just a little while, when the Umpa Lumpas finish manufacturing the first batch, we're going to start offering CubeSat prototype kits for a fraction of what it costs today. Meet Firefly Firefly is a flexible-use printed circuit board that can serve as the basis for the brains, fuel and voice for many different applications... Continue Reading →
I've been saying that I want to see more talk about space at Hacker conferences, and Part Time Scientists delivered in full force at Chaos Communication Congress last week. Then Part Time Scientists software lead We Faler gave a very technical, but terriffic talk on space communication protocols. Then there was a call to arms... Continue Reading →
Guests: Sean Herron Project Website: Open NASA Sean Herron from Open NASA joins us today to talk about Hacking Space, Participatory Exploration, HackAThons, and what to do with 10TB of data collected by NASA every day. Host: Michael Doornbos Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let us know your thoughts. Subscribe to the Evadot Podcast... Continue Reading →
Guests: J Simmons Project Website: Mach 30 J from Mach 30 joins us today to talk about the opportunities and obstacles in open source space hardware and software. Lots of ITAR discussion 🙂 You like Arduino don't you? Host: Michael Doornbos Email podcast@evadot.com or leave a comment and let us know your thoughts. Subscribe to the... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, NASA launched a sucessor to the two famous Mars Rovers. Curiosity is a very large Mars exploration system designed to pick up where Spirit and Opportunity left off. The first two Rovers have been a spectacular success. Far exceeding any of their design goals and providing us with reams of useful data, and poster... Continue Reading →
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 –... Continue Reading →
Guests: Zachary Manchester Project Website: KickSat.org. Not only do they say you CAN have your own spacecraft in space, they've got the kickstarter project to prove it! What better way of showing off your uber-geek credentials than having your own spacecraft? This could be the perfect holiday gift this year for the geek who has... Continue Reading →
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