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[Sheflug] Nanoracks
Hi
http://nanoracks.com/winner-of-open-source-research-platform-
announced/
Might be of some interest to someone out there....
" (Las Cruces) NanoRacks (NR) today announced the selection of a
winning proposal for their Announcement of Opportunity for off the
shelf NanoLabs on the International Space Station. Infinity Aerospace
was selected for their proposal to design, develop and market an
Arduino based, open-source, 1U NanoLab for use on the NanoRacks space
station research platforms, as well as all other platforms including
Virgin Galacticâs SpaceShipTwo. âThe community was challenged to
create an open source, easy to use NanoLab and Infinity Aerospaceâs
proposal hit the target beautifully, both in the technical design and
the spirit of the competition,â explained Richard Pournelle, senior
vice-president of NanoRacks. Under the terms of the AO, the winning
entry receives $2,000 in seed funding from NanoRacks, technical
assistance on complying with NASA space station safety requirements,
and the ability to have their winning products marketed by NanoRacksâ
to their educational and research customers. Infinity Aerospaceâs
âArduLab Educationâ model is an Arduino based, open source, 1U cubesat
form factor platform enabling students to literally âplug and playâ
with sensors and other technology for conducting valuable scientific
research on the International Space Station (ISS). By supporting all
the off the shelf sensors already compatible with the Arduino software
platform, ArduLab will enable students and researchers to rapidly
develop experiments focused on the environment onboard the ISS.
Arduino is used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world by
varied age groups. "
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Richard
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