Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

Even if there are only a few building sites there should probably be more training sites or maybe even an online training course for those interested.

Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

Hi Jeff,

I'm still not completely clear on what your goal is here. Are you trying to find interest among members of FIRST programs to join as users/members of a Cubesat design team? Support roles for the nonprofit itself? Gauge interest in building a FIRST-sponsored Cubesat?

I'll send you a PM as I would like to discuss more of what you have in mind, especially the broad audience education aspect.

Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

From what I can tell it is all three.

Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

I don't think I've ever seen the forum crash, and right now it's summer, so many teams aren't meeting. That being said, it sounds like a really cool project. Outer space is always cool!

Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

I've seen it bog WAAAAAYYYYYY down, though. On Kickoff, when everybody was scrambling for "what did we just get ourselves into". Before the server upgrades that allow Brandon to pull in extra resources happened (read: back when Kickoff server boosts were to put the server in a bulletproof case to contain the explosion to just the CD server ;) ).

Haven't seen that in a few years, though.

Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

Team 4188, Columbus Space Program, is working on a Cubesat - http://columbusspace.wikispaces.com/FluxDemonSat

We are hoping that the NASA Cubesat Initiative (https://goo.gl/8dKCzg) will open up again - deadline last year was November.

So definitely an interest! :cool:

Re: Former NASA person trying to small spacecraft projects to FIRST
 

That's cool, you'll have to tell us when you launch it.