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>The foundation raised the possibility of a new sponsor or continuing the competition without any cash prizes. Can that be read as a possible sign that Google has less cash to spend on such projects nowadays? Are they trying to save the money?
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Considering that there's little time left, your payload (and business model) has severe constraints. Unless you have something pre-developed and nearly ready to launch (e.g. at a university), aim for something simple. That leaves you mostly with media attention (sponsors), technology demos (e.g. for third parties), paraphernalia/vanity items that wealthy individuals or communities pay for (no remains or religious art…
Sorry if I wasn't clear but I don't have anywhere close to that kind of money to place something anywhere near the moon. I was just being curious as to who would.
Just in time for the falcon heavy. The first rocket i can remember where I can go to website and pay for a lunar transfer
Since there seem to be some people from the industry around, I’d like to ask: how are we doing with writing software for such safety-critical systems? Do we still use C and try to have it statically verified by various tools? Write the software multiple times and have instances of the functionally same systems running in parallel, Andy see if they agree on which action should be taken? Can dependent and/or linear typ…
Since there seem to be some people from the industry around, I’d like to ask: how are we doing with writing software for such safety-critical systems? Do we still use C and try to have it statically verified by various tools? Write the software multiple times and have instances of the functionally same systems running in parallel, Andy see if they agree on which action should be taken? Can dependent and/or linear typ…
I'm not sure for space, for aircraft it's usually C or Ada and lot's of testing. Sometimes Scada. I have not seen static analysis applied. You could use any language of your choosing but you then would need to demonstrate test coverage on the generated machine code, which you could avoid maybe by using a certified C compiler. I would expect space applications to have less stringent requirements, unless human lifes ar…
Since there seem to be some people from the industry around, I’d like to ask: how are we doing with writing software for such safety-critical systems? Do we still use C and try to have it statically verified by various tools? Write the software multiple times and have instances of the functionally same systems running in parallel, Andy see if they agree on which action should be taken? Can dependent and/or linear typ…
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Just curious (not a competitor :), what business model is there in placing micro-sats on the moon?
Not in the industry, but I'd guess in the short term there are two options: - scientific orgs (NASA, universities, etc); I get they'd love to pay for access to lunar surface. Maybe even some imaging from the dark side of the Moon? - prospecting companies like Deep Space Industries or Planetary Resources.
Beautiful picture.