I talked to Sam tonight and he's definitely interested and will try to make the meeting. I've cc'd him here since he's not on the list. He also knows unbelievable numbers of people in the business, as it were, and he can get people involved if we look like we're interesting enough. It'll be a great way to get cool people in the space too!<br>
<br>He mentioned offhand a friend he has in Sacramento who has worked on inflatables for NASA for a his career, and thought it'd be good to get him out. But he won't be able to make it on such short notice, so maybe later.<br>
<br><br>He also sent me links to his photos: <br><div>The Best:</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>...and the rest:</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>My website also has the best images on it:</div><div><a href="http://www.samsphotography.net/" target="_blank">www.samsphotography.net</a></div><div><br></div><br><br clear="all">_______<br>Getting to the bottom of the hill is convenient. The view from the top of the hill is stunning. Where would you choose to live?<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dichro@rcpt.to">dichro@rcpt.to</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Spacebridge" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Spacebridge</a> is live. Point away.<br>
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m.<br>
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <<a href="mailto:dichro@rcpt.to">dichro@rcpt.to</a>> wrote:<br>
> ...in classic wiki form, there's a link off the events list that<br>
> points to a non-existent page that he could start filling in? ;)<br>
><br>
> m.<br>
><br>
> PS: yes, fine, I'll scribble something in there shortly.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Ani Niow <<a href="mailto:v@oneletterwonder.com">v@oneletterwonder.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Will do. Is there a wiki page yet I could point him to?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> -Ani<br>
>><br>
>> On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <<a href="mailto:dichro@rcpt.to">dichro@rcpt.to</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> If someone can point him at this thread, or let him know about Sunday,<br>
>>> that'd be excellent.<br>
>>><br>
>>> (links to/summaries of his talk would be even better, for those of us<br>
>>> who won't make 5mof tonight)<br>
>>><br>
>>> m.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Ani Niow <<a href="mailto:v@oneletterwonder.com">v@oneletterwonder.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I hear there's someone from the Space Tourism Society giving a talk about<br>
>>>> similar things tonight at 5MoF. Also hear that he is wanting to involve<br>
>>>> Noisebridge with some projects of his.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Sounds like some cross pollination could be made.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> -Ani<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Dec 16, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <<a href="mailto:dichro@rcpt.to">dichro@rcpt.to</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> There's been lots of articles of late about school kids sending<br>
>>>>> weather balloons with cameras up to 100,000 feet for peanuts and<br>
>>>>> getting amazing pictures. These projects kinda lack ambition -<br>
>>>>> although I'll confess to being grudgingly impressed nonetheless.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> By contrast, these guys are my heros -<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.members.shaw.ca/sonde/" target="_blank">http://www.members.shaw.ca/sonde/</a> - they carry a glider up with a<br>
>>>>> home-built autopilot that navigates back to where they're waiting for<br>
>>>>> it (sometimes upside-down). Their stories are the reason that I have a<br>
>>>>> 2.6m r/c glider in my cube at work (that I'm too scared of to actually<br>
>>>>> fly).<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Also, a friend pointed out on the weekend that <a href="http://jpaerospace.com/" target="_blank">http://jpaerospace.com/</a><br>
>>>>> have somewhat stolen my thunder, but, dammit, I still think there's<br>
>>>>> some fun to be had here.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Things I'm keen to work on:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Buoyancy control for high-altitude balloons - most of these guys send<br>
>>>>> balloons up until they burst and then recover payload under a<br>
>>>>> parachute. It shouldn't be too hard to build something that can hold<br>
>>>>> altitude by moving gas between envelope and rigid container (a full<br>
>>>>> day-night cycle might be hard, but you never know - at lower altitudes<br>
>>>>> you could potentially condense water vapor and electrolyze to<br>
>>>>> replenish hydrogen supplies). Talking to the blimpduino guys at maker<br>
>>>>> faire a year or two back, they were also interested in the idea of<br>
>>>>> having a buoyancy control system at the smaller scale, but didn't<br>
>>>>> think it could be done in their weight budget. I think they're wrong,<br>
>>>>> and I even had the parts to prove it at one stage.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> 1kg of batteries has enough energy to accelerate a 10g weight to<br>
>>>>> orbital velocity. I had a napkin once that claimed that a reasonably<br>
>>>>> efficient motor could achieve that by spinning a reasonable length<br>
>>>>> tether at reasonable g forces, but I think I got the numbers wrong at<br>
>>>>> the time :P OTOH, yesterday I saw a tech talk by the quick launch guys<br>
>>>>> (giant hydrogen cannons ftw) where they mentioned trivially<br>
>>>>> g-hardening consumer electronics to 3200g, so maybe there's still a<br>
>>>>> way of doing it with a reasonable length of practical tether - not<br>
>>>>> that I know *what* tether, how it will behave when the outer section<br>
>>>>> of it is travelling at transonic speeds, drag losses at 100k feet, and<br>
>>>>> what kind of interesting payload you can fit into 10 grams, but these<br>
>>>>> are implementation details.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Um. I had other ideas, but can't think of them right at the moment.<br>
>>>>> Anyone else have related projects or want to play? I intend to grab<br>
>>>>> some weather balloons from ebay, a cylinder of hydrogen and maybe some<br>
>>>>> ardupilots and carefully skirt various FAA regulations in the next<br>
>>>>> couple of months.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> m.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> PS: and Black Rock City Spaceport - 'coz fuck steampunk.<br>
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