1. Part-Time Scientists An opportunity for connections By Wesley Faler

2. Meet Asimov

3. Asimov: Lifted

4. Asimov: Lowered

5. PTS Dropcontainer

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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.

11. What to do?

12. Viewpoints Scientist Engineer Inventor Entrepreneur

13. Viewpoints Scientist Engineer Inventor Entrepreneur

14. A bit of my story: Step 1 Image source: http://interorbital.com/interorbital_01152015_023.htm

15. A bit of my story: Step 2 Image source: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2012/microthrusters-could-propel-small-satellites-0817

16. A bit of my story: Step 3

17. 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

18. Prove a new way of thought

21. A Da Vinci Moment http://thelasercutter.blogspot.com/2010/06/geodesic-sphere.html

22. 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!)

23. 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!)

24. 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! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant#/media/File:Fire_ants_01.jpg

25. Ecosystem

26. Ecosystem

27. 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

28. Thank you! http://ptscientists.com/go/space For questions or e-mails with attachment, please write to spacehackers@ptscientists.com spacehackers@ptscientists.com Wesley Faler ◦ wes@ptscientists.com wes@ptscientists.com