Category Archives: Blog

It’s been our first anniversary as GoogleLunarX-Prize team and we were so busy with Asimov and the aftermath of the ILA that we even forgot it ourselves. The Part-Time Scientists are going strong and it never looked better for us. Ceasing the look into the past now, let’s have a look into the future! Continue reading →

Almost one year ago, coinciding with the LinuxTag 2009, we officially became competitors in the GLXP. This year’s LinuxTag is coming up soon, and we decided to descend on the Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin after last years visit again. Continue reading →

Germany’s first GLXP team is gonna rock Germany’s top aviation and aerospace trade show:
from June 8 to 13, members of the Team Part-Time Scientists will be present at this year’s Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung! Continue reading →

Guess who we just met? Mr. Microsoft himself: Bill Gates! It was very exciting to meet someone who has accomplished so much in his life. He achieved what most people just dream about their entire life. And yet he hasn’t … Continue reading →

With a well-prepared presentation, you can impress bosses, convince customers to buy your product, get support for your project or simply tell everybody what you think needs to be done. Giving a good presentation is therefore important for you, and vital to the topic you’re presenting.
Why is it that presentations can become scary to everyone involved? Continue reading →

This month, nine members of the Part-Time Scientists visited CeBIT in Hanover. We got to meet our partners and sponsors, gathered new information about cutting edge technologies, talked a lot, and finally gave a lecture on “The Part-Time Scientists and … Continue reading →

The last couple of days have been crazy. There’s no other word for it. Almost every core team member made it to Berlin for the 26C3. Some came from France, Austria and even Hamburg. The presentation went rather well. Most … Continue reading →

The first 50 years of human spaceflight were marked by explosive growth, culminating with 14 men exploring the surface of the moon, followed by 40 years of relative stagnation. We need an open frontier. Open frontier? Like wagon trains and … Continue reading →

When I talk about PTS, reactions are always the same. One group is enthusiastic, but hardly believe in success. You get a few nice words and a friendly smile of disbelief. The second group think you are nutty as a … Continue reading →

As I’m starting to write this it’s 40 years ,19 hours ,42 minutes and 19 seconds after a 32 year old guy from Wapakoneta Ohio set foot on the moon. 105 years, 7 months, and 4 days ago another 32 … Continue reading →