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Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Challenge Seminar Presentations

Here are the presentations from the seminar. Some we are still waiting for. We will update the post as we get them. We will be getting the video up online as we have time. Relatively close to the order that they were done is:

Andrew Petro, NASA Centennial Challenge Program, Scope and Hopes for the Centennial Challenges

Dr Andrew Kalman, Stanford University's Space and Systems Development Laboratory, The Potential of an Affordable, Responsive Nanosat Launcher

Andrew Petro, NASA Centennial Challenge Program, Draft Nanosat Launcher Challenge Rules

Sherman Council, et al, Federal Aviation Administration: rules and requirements

Paul Breed, Friends of Amateur Rocketry, What FAR is and what it can do for the NLC teams

Dr William Gutman, SpacePort America, How SPA can help the Nanosat Launcher Challenge Teams

William Baird, Team Phoenicia, What Team Phoenicia Is Doing for NLC Teams

Zephyr Aurora: Taking Shape [11]

whew

We're done.

The planned agenda got reshuffled part way through because people needed to be off and catch planes.

Very few Techshop members, alas. The crowd was quite different than expected. However, made some good connections and may have found two more teams to help. We will see.

For all of you that came out, thank you. It was great. I think we had around 20 potential teams show up.

The videos will be uploaded some time this week.

Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Seminar: Final Update

Final Notes:

Please note that the reservations are only possible through 11 AM. After that no further reservations will be made.

Do not show up to Techshop prior to 12:30 PM. We will not be processing the people coming in until then.

We will not be letting anyone else in once we are full.

Agenda (updated 11/6/10):

1:00 PM: William Baird, Team Phoenicia, Introduction and Welcome

1:15 PM: Andrew Petro, NASA Centennial Challenge Program, Scope and Hopes for the Centennial Challenges

1:45 PM: Dr Andrew Kalman, Stanford University's Space and Systems Development Laboratory, The Potential of an Affordable, Responsive Nanosat Launcher

2:15 PM: NASA Centennial Challenge Program, Draft Nanosat Launcher Challenge Rules

3:15 PM: BREAK. Tours of Techshop Available

3:30 PM: William Baird, Team Phoenicia, How Team Phoenicia Can and Is Helping Nanosat Launcher Teams

3:50 PM: Melquiades Olivares III, Topic: Funding Nanosat Launcher Challenge Teams.

4:10 PM: BREAK, Tours of Techshop Available

4:20 PM: Dr William Gutman, SpacePort America, How SPA can help the Nanosat Launcher Challenge Teams

4:40 PM: Paul Breed, Friends of Amateur Rocketry, What FAR is and what it can do for the NLC teams

5:00 PM: Sherman Council, et al, Federal Aviation Administration: rules and requirements

6:00 PM: Nanosat Challenge Teams Panel/Micro Presentations (currently Vog Rockets, Seraphim Aerospace, possibly a mystery team)

6:30 PM: William Baird, Team Phoenicia, Closing Remarks

6:40 PM: Networking Session, official wrap at 8 PM.

Questions can be directed to nanosatseminar@teamphoenicia.org.

Reservations link:

Note (updated: 11/6/10): Reservations are now $100. We have 48 40 35 32 seats available. Your reservation is not final until payment is complete and your seat is not reserved until such time. Reservations close at 11 AM.

Team Phoenicia/Techshop Nanosat Launcher Challenge Seminar: Gathering Questions

The seminar seems to be filling up and we are now at 35 seats left if everyone shows up that has made commitments. If you are traveling to Techshop for the seminar, it is a very strong suggestion that you get a reservation. Even if you are local, it may be in your best interests to reserve a seat if you are set on participating. Reservation link is below:


Reservations link:

The FAA-AST has asked Team Phoenicia to gather questions that the community would like answered for their part of the challenge. It ought to be remembered that the rules of the challenge are not their purview. Licensing, permits, and safety of the rockets are their area of responsibility.

That said, we are willing to take questions for NASA as well so that those that cannot make it and need rules clarification can at least get the questions to the those that are going to be presenting.

So, to that end, we are asking that the community send us questions that they need answered to nanosatseminar@teamphoenicia.org. For the FAA and NASA to have any chance that we will be able to answer, we need these questions no later than Thursday noon pacific time. We will, of course, funnel in those that are late, but NASA and the FAA may not get to them.

Thank you.

Nanosat Launcher Challenge Seminar: Agenda Change (11/1/10)

NASA has informed Team Phoenicia that they have not yet selected an allied organization. Instead, NASA will be presenting the draft rules and asking for feedback. Note: the presentation of the draft rules and feedback time has been extended considerably to a full hour.

Agenda (updated 11/1/10):

1:00 PM: William Baird, Team Phoenicia, Introduction and Welcome

1:15 PM: Andrew Petro, NASA Centennial Challenge Program, Scope and Hopes for the Centennial Challenges

1:45 PM: Dr Andrew Kalman, Stanford University's Space and Systems Development Laboratory, The Potential of an Affordable, Responsive Nanosat Launcher

2:15 PM: NASA Centennial Challenge Program, Draft Nanosat Launcher Challenge Rules

3:15 PM: BREAK. Tours of Techshop Available

3:30 PM: William Baird, Team Phoenicia, How Team Phoenicia Can and Is Helping Nanosat Launcher Teams

3:50 PM: Invited. Waiting to Hear. Topic: Funding Nanosat Launcher Challenge Teams.

4:10 PM: BREAK, Tours of Techshop Available

4:20 PM: Aaron Prescott, SpacePort America, How SPA can help the Nanosat Launcher Challenge Teams

4:40 PM: Paul Breed, Friends of Amateur Rocketry, What FAR is and what it can do for the NLC teams

5:00 PM: Sherman Council, et al, Federal Aviation Administration: rules and requirements

6:00 PM: Nanosat Challenge Teams Panel/Micro Presentations (currently Vog Rockets, Seraphim Aerospace, possibly a mystery team)

6:30 PM: William Baird, Team Phoenicia, Closing Remarks

6:40 PM: Networking Session, official wrap at 8 PM.

Questions can be directed to nanosatseminar@teamphoenicia.org.

Reservations link:

Note (updated: 11/3/10): Reservations are now $75. We have 48 40 35 seats available. Your reservation is not final until payment is complete and your seat is not reserved until such time.