Tempo^3
Hi all, I thought I’d write a post on the front page blog given how dead it’s been. During the early phase of the Phoenix Lander period I wanted to do quite a few updates, but Emily from the Planetary Society seemed to do way better coverage than I could possibly have done. And I’m busy enough as it is.
However, the Mars Society (hosts of NewMars.com and its services) has recently approved Tom Hill’s MPC project called Tempo^3. It stands for “Tethered Experiment for Mars interPlanetary Operations Cubed.” It’s basically a CubeSat designed to test the feasiblity of artificial gravity in space, which explains the ‘cube’ part of the acronym. I’ve set up a seperate forum for discussion and I’d love if the regular members of the forums jumped in there. The technical details are currently being worked out by professional Mars Society guys, and with their permission in the coming months I’d like to do updates regarding the project.
In the meantime if there’s anyone with any serious cash to spare, feel free to hop on over to the donation page and give a little to the project.
Filed under: Meta on September 6th, 2008
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