Part-Time Scientists An opportunity for connections By Wesley Faler
Meet Asimov
Asimov: Lifted
Asimov: Lowered
PTS Dropcontainer
Rules Approx 10x10x10 cm and 1.33 kg We provide some energy via solar cells. Communicate directly to Earth or relay through our lander. Shared canister. Can be active during flight to the moon.
More Rules Your experiment should not risk the mission as such or the works of PTS. If you can commercialize your payload, you can keep the profits. No religious or political messages. No funny but useless things. Your experiment's design and results have to be open. ◦ German team + ITAR + Open
Test Program & Integration Vibration tests. Thermal-vacuum tests. Participate in qualification rounds (2 milestones, as we currently assume) to make sure your payload complies with the mission requirements.
What to do?
Viewpoints Scientist Engineer Inventor Entrepreneur
Viewpoints Scientist Engineer Inventor Entrepreneur
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A bit of my story: Step 3
ConstantQ™ Thruster Thrust5mN I sp 5,000sec Power5Watts Delta-V6,000 (1kg/1U craft, 125g Iodine propellant) m/s Dry mass100grams Volume80x80x50 (0.5U)mm
Prove a new way of thought
A Da Vinci Moment
Equations Built on Sand Photons have no mass, no momentum, and no energy. Proof: * (* Please don’t read this out of context and think I’m trying to prove this statement!)
Equations Built on Sand Photons have no mass, no momentum, and no energy. Proof: * (* Please don’t read this out of context and think I’m trying to prove this statement!)
The power of imperfection Has it been done before? Use Ant Colony Optimization! ◦ No one follows the same path ◦ An optimal path emerges Try imperfect copies ◦ business models ◦ engineering design Be intentional and confident!
Ecosystem
Ecosystem
Ecosystem Flow of energy, knowledge, capital Leverage “ant colony optimization” by others Even if you had the same number of staff, you don’t have the same number of exploration algorithms
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