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Space contest for 14-18 year-olds - nearly $200,000 to spend.
If you are aged 14-18, and interested in satellite technology, there is a competition for you - design an experiment to be flown on a real satellite.
Entries chosen will get a budget of £100,000 for development of their project.
Relevant links:
http://www.spaceexperiment.info/
http://www.sstl.co.uk/ (this site also has job vacancies for working on designing, building and testing satellites)
http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7139356.stm
Don't forget to make an Instructable of your entry (and winning projects?).
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13 years ago
*jaw drops and salivation begins* OMFSM! Kiteman, you need a baby sitter? I'm emigrating! ( begins to hum "American Idiot" and runs off to plan his escape)...
Reply 13 years ago
Haha! (Measures up shed floor for spare bed)
Reply 13 years ago
Dang it! I got a fake ID offa the local rouge, apparently "Clark Kent" is on the "no fly" list :P ... Must think of another good fake name....
Reply 13 years ago
OMFSM! Clark Picard is on the no fly list as well?!?! This is getting insane, soon the airport people are just going to have me dragged away the second I enter the building....
13 years ago
Always with the age discriminations *sigh*, I never saw things / opportunities like this when I was a young pip; but then, I we didn't even have PC's back then....oh well. I wonder if they have ever tested for the range of radio frequencies that will "reflect" off the atmosphere given the right angles; and whether or not this has any effect on the number of radio transmissions (created mostly by stars) that we receive?
Reply 13 years ago
Wouldn't that take two satellites, in slightly different orbits?
Maybe it could be done with this experiment, though - sacrifice part of the device to shoot out of the main satellite into a slightly slower orbit and ping a range of radio frequencies in a rapid sequence - the remaining part of the device detects the signal plus any echo.
It should also be able to check for refraction of signals as the increased distance between broadcaster and receiver puts some atmosphere between the two.
Actually, that could be quite an important experiment, because it could also test what the accumulation of space debris is doing to inter-satellite communications.
Hey, ll.13 ....
Reply 13 years ago
Oh, I didn't look at the restrictions, sorry about that (what ? I assumed something without reading the entire thing, nah can't be LOL bad habit of mine sometimes). It was something that kind of just popped into my head as something that might be useful to know. :-)
13 years ago
I know there are some younger British members. Come on, ll13, "Scottish" counts as British.
Reply 13 years ago
hello? I am british, or maybe more understandable, a sassenach. =P
If anyone of you (americaniis) is interested, you could always do collab. =)
Or I have a better idea, why not brainstorm it with all Instructablers, and then a "british student" presents it? (and it can fly with a robot sticker inside. :) )
Reply 13 years ago
That sounds good - I nominate you. (I am slightly too old)
Reply 13 years ago
Just give me your ideas. :) (I can be your/Instructables publisher)
Reply 13 years ago
Have a look at Goodhart's reflection idea.
13 years ago
does it honestly matter what country we come from? Im still interested in joining but im from Georgia,USA
Reply 13 years ago
I think it's supposed to be a British competition, but why not contact the organisers (see the links in the OP) and ask them?
13 years ago
Nope, i'm in america (santa fe, NM).
13 years ago
Gosh, me and my American-ness..... I have a British heritage, does that count?
13 years ago
Damn you and your ukianess! I'd enter, but I'm not ukian ;-)
13 years ago
Man, I wish I had the time! I would love to give it a try and I just meet the age requirements.