CASIS: It Takes More Than Golf to Utilize the ISS
CASIS Signs Deal with COBRA PUMA GOLF for Research on ISS
“The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with COBRA PUMA GOLFTM to carry out materials research projects on the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory for use in its sporting goods products line.”
CASIS & PGA Hosting STEM Camp This Week
“Combining instruction in the principles of both science and golf, 20 Title I students from St. Lucie County Schools will take part in the first-ever PGA STEM Enrichment Camp at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance this week, June 18-22.”
Keith’s note: While CASIS is promoting its golf-in-space efforts, it has totally ignored its partner Nanoracks as it makes an announcement – and does so at a conference that CASIS itself co-sponsored. Oh yes, with the exception of two tweets @ISSCASIS was totally mute at the ISS conference in Denver. Indeed, only half a dozen or so people were using Twitter (#ISSRDC) to talk about what was happening at the conference. I have only found 2 articles – from the Huntsville Times – that refer to news from the conference. And nothing was webcast. How CASIS is going to expand visibility of ISS capabilities when it drops the ball like this escapes me. It takes more than a few golf agreements, CASIS.
Golf or Science: What is NASA’s Plan for the Space Station?, Earlier post
News Flash: The Administration in bipartisan cooperation with Congress has just passed emergency legislation mandating the acceleration of golf technology in space. The action was spurned by prior Russian / Canadian advancements and the possibility that the ISS might be used by the Russian / Canadian team as an on-orbit driving range, outpacing the U.S. sports industry and endangering the U.S. economy.
Earlier the Administration had concerns with high-prioritization of golf on orbit, expecting a backlash of tee’d-off scientists who had hoped to use the ISS for research, but the potential adversarial issue was quickly ameliorated by issuing five year country club golf memberships to top researchers and universities.
When asked if the golf mandates were necessary, unnamed Federal sources made assurances to the aerospace industry that actions like this are par for the course, the legislation will end the puttering around and the results will be an economic driver. Planetary exploration efforts are being restructured to include FY2014 – FY2025 allocations for 18 hole courses on both the Moon and Mars and for unmanned craft to select suitable course locations. Researchers were in Denver on the 9th hole and were unavailable for comment.
The estimated 2012 U.S. golf ball market is nearly $700 million dollars annually. Cheap balls are $10-$15 a dozen. Pros may pay $40-$50 for a dozen high-tech balls. ISS developed structurally perfect super-balls might cost $100 per dozen, growing the current $700 million dollar into a $7 billion dollar market.
Unquestionably, the golf agreement “signifies a tremendous win”, is an important step in ensuring the extended life of the ISS and is a resounding justification for the $100B International Space Station.
You clearly have an incomplete understanding of commerce, materials R&D, etc.
Did anyone happen to try the Payload Tracker link shown with the Nanoracks article? http://www.payloadtracker.com/
I guess this is supposed to be a spoof…funny!
perhaps an inflatable with golf ball geometry might have an interesting reentry or aerobraking profile, does not the golf ball have some lift in its trajectory?
Golf quiz steven: You have two super cute girls, they are perfectly identical twins except that Twin A has dimples and Twin B does not. You mount both twins, er, on golf tees at a driving range. You tee both of them off by asking them if they are natural blondes. No, I mean you tee both of them off with the same driver and exactly the same newton force swing. All environmental conditions are identical for both deliveries. Which Twin goes farther and why? When the twins land and return to you, what will each say?
Author deleted joke for not being up to par, and not being in the interests of promoting possible ideas to commercialize Space.
In the ISS golf ball thread I was going to make a joke about astroturf and making jokes about building a golf court on the moon.
Well imagine that your one of the few working stiffs on the moon that repairs all the moon bots that are mining ice there. You spend your time in a garage fixing this and fixing that. You have access to robot rovers. You watch golf on your phone to kill the down time. You have to put up with rich jerks that come from earth to jump around in their spacesuits once a month. Wouldn’t you think well If I built a golf course, I’ll bet these rich guys would pay through the nose to say they played golf on the moon.
Next thing you know you will have rigged away to have rover bots drag fairways, the rough is just natural moon dust with foot prints.
Maybe you have AstroTurf greens you order from earth. You run some commercials about Alan Shepherd and old Tiger woods lunar golfing.
Maybe old man Tiger was the guy you contacted to be your partner in a sweat equity deal.
Next thing you know you and Tigers little course has competition from the COMPANY.
Anyway so it goes lol
Prometheus they dated their inter solar system trip as taking place in earth year 2093 lol
That is just 81 years from now lol
When they made the movie 2001 that was a possible tech future.
Looking back and looking foreword NASA better get on the stick or commercial really needs to take off lol
It’s a sure bet we will not have ships on moons in other solar systems by earth year 2093 but it sure would be nice to have at least one golf course on the moon and Mars.
Four!!!!!