1. A SPACE EXPLORATION COLLABORATION
PROJECT NEBULA
A SPACE EXPLORATION COLLABORATION

2. What is Project Nebula?
Space Exploration
Collaboration
Unmanned

3. AIM
Amateur
Accessible
Affordable

4. Low budget space exploration?
I Googled low budget space exploration and this was the first search result: “India’s Mars mission has a price tag of about $74 million, a fraction of the $671 million cost of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s latest Mars program.”

5. Who can participate? Anyone! Engineers Physicists Team leaders
Space enthusiasts

6. WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL?
Our first goal is to record data from high altitude balloons in real time

7. WHY REAL TIME?
Data recovery issues
Time constraints
Loss of revenue

8. CAN I RECORD IN REAL TIME?
Recording in real time is both expensive and usually requires high tech equipment
So we’re going to find some equipment to use for free

9. PROPOSAL
Project Nebula has already submitted a proposal to the National Space Centre for permission to use their 32m C-Band antenna

10. WHERE IS THE NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE
The National Space Centre or the Elfordstown Earthstation is located in Midleton Co. Cork

11. DATA
Data we hope to gather will include images, trajectory, weather anomalies, communications, and potentially astronomical observations such as radio, optical and other

12. PROCESSING DATA
We will create bespoke algorithms collaboratively and process the data in bite sized chunks

13. OPEN SOURCE
The data will be made available to anyone who wants to launch their own balloons

14. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram…etc.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We hope to organise the project and promote our efforts through social media
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram…etc.

15. The project data will be uploaded here for processing
ZOONIVERSE
All our space explorers can get involved in the digital aspect of the project through Zooniverse.
The project data will be uploaded here for processing

16. We will researching grants for our exploration efforts
BUDGET
We will researching grants for our exploration efforts

17. MATERIALS
Budget accessible materials will be used including Arduino and Raspberry Pi

18. Stargazing live
A Stargazing live collaboration which is televised.

19. Think different
I want to bring people together who have a similar dream and help them achieve it

20. THANK YOU!