Another brain dump of ideas and topics based on today’s discussions; phew what a day:

• Need charts added to “repository”
  • Cost/schedule/performance/motivation/concept/soluition Quad chart
  • Ven Diagram: non-profit, open source, space community
• Who is the Mach 30 User community?  How can they get involved?
• Open-source orbital design software = Celestia
• Manufacturing capability (surge capacity)
  • by locting near other like-minded and similarly skilled individuals (SoCal).
  • similar to Applid Minds <–> Industrial light and magic
• Investigate: Adding to launch facility a Weather station, and FAA radar feeds
• Work out the Vomit comit ride logistics

specifically about my trip:

• 2 AFRL iNodes (innovation)
  • Ratheon Bike Shop (Tucson)
  • Applied Minds, Inc (Los Angeles)
• Astronaut Story Musgrave = awesome person…
• Applied Minds heavily emhasizes:
  • human factors and erganomics
  • telecommuncations
  • visualization and modelling&simulation
• focus on Architectures (in the following order of precidence)
  • social
  • operational
  • tecnical