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Cube Quest Challenge Communications
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 Team Alpha CubeSat Formal Registration Acceptance - March 2, 2015
 
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 Starting March 1, 2015, the Cube Quest Challenge will require monthly reporting as specified in Rule 2F of the Cube Quest Challenge Operations and Rules dated December 4, 2015.
 
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Alpha Cube Sat Team Organization
 XISP-Inc is the founding sponsor for the team
 
 Matrix organization with designated leads, advisors/task managers, as well as talent pool
 
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 Team Alpha CubeSat uses the following definitions for Team Member, Team Advisor, and International Liaisons which are believed to be consistent with the Cube Quest Challenge Rules and the specific requirements of Team Alpha Cubesat.  
 
 If a change is deemed required by the Cube Quest Challenge administrative team adjustments to maintain compliance will be made. 
 
 
Team Members
Registered Team Members have asserted that they are willing to help Team Alpha Cubesat, agree to fill out the required paperwork, play by the Cube Quest Challenge and Team Alpha Cubesat rules, and be available for such Team assignments/work product commitments as their respective schedules permit.
Please note in order to be designated as a Team Member you must meet the published NASA Cube Quest Challenge and Team Alpha CubeSat requirements, obtain concurrence at the weekly team meeting, and have all your paperwork completed.
Please note in order to be on this list all required paperwork must completed and on file with the Team Lead
 
Team Advisors
Team Advisors are asserting that they are willing to help Team Alpha Cubesat, play by the Cube Quest Challenge and Team Alpha Cubesat rules, but cannot necessarily make specific time and/or work product commitments.   They understand that if they take a substantive role in work product generation that the team member required paperwork may become applicable to them.
The Team is more than just the summation of the Team Members that are registered, the advisors can and will play critical role in the success of the project. 
Please note in order to be redesignated as a Team Member you must meet the published NASA Cube Quest Challenge and Team Alpha CubeSat requirements, obtain concurrence at the weekly team meeting, and have all your paperwork completed (see above).
 Pat Barthelow
 
 Chris Cassell
 
 Eric Dahlstrom
 
 James DiCorcia
 
 Craig Foulds
 
 Jerry Isdale
 
 
International Liaisons
If you want to be part of this effort but may not be able to meet the NASA requirements based on your citizenship status and/or your physical location you can still help.  You can be one of our Team's International Liaisons in most cases.
International Liaisons are asserting that they are willing to help Team Alpha Cubesat, play by the Cube Quest Challenge and Team Alpha Cubesat rules, but necessarily cannot make work product commitments.
Please note in order to be redesignated as an International Liaison you participation must adhere to the published NASA Cube Quest Challenge requirements and Team Alpha CubeSat requirements, and obtain concurrence at the weekly team meeting (see above).
 Isaac DeSouza
 
 Daniel Faber
 
 Joe Hatoum
 
 
Project Development Work
Systems Engineering Work
 #ACS-Hackers
 Gary Barnhard – Team Leader, CEO/Systems Engineering Lead
 
 Matteo K. Borri – Attitude Control System Lead
 
 Ethan Shinen Chew – Propulsion System Lead, Systems Engineering Whip
 
 Mike Doty – CAD/Systems Integration Lead
 
 Anastasia Ford – Systems Engineering Intern
 
 Adam Glickman – Safety & Quality Assurance Lead 
 
 Eric Gustafson – Thermal System Lead
 
 Aaron Harper – Communications System Lead, Propulsion & Power
 
 Brian Martin – Guidance, Navigation & Control Lead
 
 TJ McKinney – Radiation & Shielding
 
 Joseph Rauscher – Contract Specialist/Documentation
 
 Jephrey Rodriguez – CAD/CAE/Testing
 
 John Tascione – Structures & Mechanisms
 
 
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Marketing Work
 #ACS-Hipsters
 
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 Key tasks are:
 publicity
 
 outreach
 
 market alignment
 
 social media
 
 
 Marketing Vision - Team Alpha Cubesat is positioning itself as a key element in the evolving ecosystem of companies investing in cubesat and smallsat beyond Earth orbit flight systems. Following the initial contest activity we intend to sell services, integrated hardware/software, components, and intellectual property licenses as appropriate.
 
 
AIAA Space Operations Technical Committee Space Operations Workshop May 5-6, 2015
NSS International Space Development Conference May 20-24, 2015 Toronto Canada
 Space-To-Space Power Beaming A Commercial Mission To Unbundle Space Power Systems To Foster Space Applications  Gary Barnhard/XISP-Inc
 
 Evolvable Communications Infrastructure on ISS and Interoperating Flight Systems  Gary Barnhard/XISP-Inc 
 
 Halfway to Anywhere - Cis-Lunar and Deep Space Cubesats Missions from ISS Gary Barnhard/XISP-Inc, Eric Dahlstrom/International Space Consultants, Ethan Chew/Team Alpha CubeSat
 
 
International Space Station 4th R&D Conference, July 7-9, 2015 Boston MA
Accounting, Planning & Scheduling
 “1st, 2nd, and 3rd Foundation”
 
 Designated Lead: Gary Barnhard
 
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Project Involvement Matrix
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