Kentucky Space

Kentucky Space

Kentucky Space is an non-profit consortium of private and public universities, companies, and other organizations with the goal of designing and leading innovative space missions within realistic budgets and objectives. The enterprise is supported by the Kentucky Space Grant Consortium and developed out of the programs of the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation.

Consortium

* Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
* Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
* Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation
* Kentucky Space Grant Consortium
* Belcan
* Morehead State University
* Murray State University
* University of Kentucky
* University of Louisville
* Western Kentucky University
* Kentucky Community and Technical College System

Partners

* NASA Ames Research Center
* Kentucky Virtual Campus

Projects

* "KySat-1", a cubesat designed by Kentucky Space which defines a standard reusable bus.
* "Space Express 1", a sub-orbital solid-fuel rocket payload launched in 2007 from White Sands Missile Range.
* "Balloon-1", a high-altitude balloon mission launched from Bowling Green, Kentucky in July 2008.
* "Space Express 2", an inertial measurement unit payload designed for a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation rocket.

Asteroid mining

On August 4-6, 2008 a group of space professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and mining engineers gathered in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky to discuss the development of an asteroid resource development business strategy.

The discussion ranged from space technology, propulsion, and orbital mechanics to space law, markets,value proposition and financial plans. [cite web|title=Mining the sky might soon fuel rockets in space|url=http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/481210.html|accessdate=2008-10-04]

See also

* List of space agencies

References

External links

* [http://www.kentuckyspace.com Official Site for Kentucky Space]
* [http://www.wku.edu/ksgc Official KSGC website]
* [http://www.kstc.com Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation]


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