There has been an increasing amount of interest among scientists and engineers – as well as Congress and policy makers – that research conducted using public funding should be made openly available…
Open Source Textbooks
The cost of textbooks has become an issue in the past few years. Providing textbooks on tablet computers has cut costs somewhat, but in the traditional publishing business model, a significant mark-up…
Crowd Sourced Projects
In addition to using crowd sourcing to develop and expand course development, textbooks, software, and other materials, Space College will seek to work with citizen science organizations such as Moon Zoo and…
Citizen Science
The term “citizen science” means different things to different people. To some it is simply a new word to describe amateur scientists engaging in data collection – possibly for use in traditional…
Crowd Funding
Crowd funding is an approach to raising funds for a project that solicits contributions from a wide range of donors – in varying levels – using online donation tools. Various platforms have…
Intellectual Property
Adopting an open source approach necessitates the use of certain standards. Whenever possible, materials produced via Space College participants will be open source and licensed for use via Creative Commons license format…
Away Teams – The Importance of Being There
Part of learning how to explore space is to learn how to work well as a team and to do so in a mission format. It is also important to have hands…
Growing The Space College Community
As students pass through the Space College and move into the workforce, a concerted effort should be made to retain contact with them via an alumni association of sorts – one that…
Becoming a Full Featured Organization
Space College will begin by looking at the existing state of space education and create an online resource that documents online courses, textbooks, and other resources. As gaps in available content become…
Rescuing ISEE-3/ICE?
ICE is returning to Earth; but do we have the will to regain control?, Planetary Society “When it comes back to Earth, it would be possible to recapture it into a halo…
The Value of Saving ISEE-3
Extracting Full Measure from America’s Space Investment, Space News In August 2014, ISEE/ICE will return to Earth’s vicinity, guided by laws of celestial motion back to its point of origin. Present evidence…
Bob Farquhar Recounts A Fascinating Career In Space Exploration
Book Review: Fifty Years on the Space Frontier: Halo Orbits, Comets, Asteroids, and More “Most people have never heard of Robert Farquhar outside of NASA – and that is a shame. The…