Project Update 1

This previous week, our team made great strides by writing up our problem statement, which served useful in nailing down what we hope to accomplish this coming term, and how we can actualize these goals. We also took a group photo with our full team (comprised of us three computer scientists, six mechanical engineers, and three electrical engineers). This photo was required by Dr. Nancy Squires, our advisor. We also presented our plans in the form of a powerpoint to our Colorado collaborators over a group call.

For the next week, we are going to meet with our team to discuss future prospects for our project. Since we've chosen a design, our next step is to begin prototyping implementation designs and begin research on the telemetry aspect of the project. We are also going to use our RockSat-X project as a stepping stone to introducing a designated lab for satellite creation to Oregon State University. In order to do that, however, we will need to work on finding space on campus for such a lab and lobbying for its creation. While this might seem outside of the scope of the project, it would be greatly beneficial for future students who have an interest in space exploration and development.

So far, we have not encountered any barriers. The only issue is coordinating schedules and planning with 11 other students. Finding times where everyone is available is difficult, but since we have an effective group chat and a Google Calendar with everyone's individual schedules filled in, we've been doing our best to mitigate this issue.