{"id":4743,"date":"2020-09-23T01:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.deepspace.ucsb.edu\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2020-10-05T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:11:50","slug":"pole-to-pole-wafer-scale-spacecraft-flight-9-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/128.111.23.62\/wordpress\/pole-to-pole-wafer-scale-spacecraft-flight-9-20","title":{"rendered":"Wafer Scale Spacecraft Pole to Pole Flight Nov 2019 to Aug 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

In collaboration with Robert De Laurentis (https:\/\/flyingthrulife.com<\/a>\/) we were able to “fly” one of our third generation “wafer scale spacecraft” from the south Pole to the north Pole in a modified twin engine aircraft piloted solo from “Pole to Pole”. Starting in November 16, 2019 Robert took off from San Diego, CA to flew south eventually flew over the South Pole and then “hopped” northward until reaching the North Pole and then returning to San Diego in August 2020.<\/p>\n

His mission was both of exploration in the limits of solo flight in small aircraft but also as a “World Ambassador” promoting peace and the vision of exploration. We have been working with Robert for several years as he prepared for his historic mission. Robert became interested in our work on finding a solution to enable humanity to reach far outside our solar system and enter another. We installed a fully functional autonomous WSS Gen 3 “spacecraft” on the inside of his aircraft looking out of a window, taking pictures, logging GPS coordinates and sensor data. All this was done autonomously with no human input over the 10 month mission. The UCSB WSS-3 worked flawlessly.<\/p>\n

See UCSB Current article: https:\/\/www.news.ucsb.edu\/2020\/020031\/poles-stars<\/a><\/h4>\n