Forget hacking the planet - let's HACK THE UNIVERSE.
In 2012, the world's leading space agency began a program that opened a gateway to outer space for citizen scientists - the NASA International Space Apps Challenge. Since then, tens of thousands of people have joined a global community that solves problems to improve life on Earth and in space. Learn how you too can become a space hacker!
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1. How
To
Become
A
Space
Hacker
Lets
Hack
OUTER
Space,
The
Final
Fron>er
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through
Open
Data
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open
data
convenes
global
ciDzens
through
the
InternaDonal
Space
Apps
Challenge
to
solve
mission-足relevant
challenges.
Space
Apps
is
NASAs
incubator
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to
ful鍖ll
federal
open
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Data
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2012
2013
2014
2015
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Beth
Beck,
NASAs
Open
Innova>on
Program
Manager
O鍖ce
of
the
Chief
Informa>on
O鍖cer
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9. Space
Apps
2015
ParDcipants:
Self-足IdenD鍖ed
Skills
Mix
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5449
Designer/Ar>st:
1978
Game
Design:
859
Hardware:
1884
Maker:
1367
Story
Teller:
1236
Student:
7237
Subject
MaAer
Expert:
844
Entrepreneur:
1940
Other:
2156
Space
Apps
NYC
Bootcamper
&
Award
Winner
InnovaDon
through
Open
Data
Beth
Beck,
NASAs
Open
Innova>on
Program
Manager
O鍖ce
of
the
Chief
Informa>on
O鍖cer
10. Space
Apps:
Women
in
Data
stats
≒ 1
in
4
par>cipants
are
women
≒ 47%
of
60
top
global
award
鍖nalists
had
one
or
more
women
on
the
project
team
≒ Largest
event
(Cairo)
led
by
women
≒ 49%
of
NYC
Mainstage
par>cipants
were
women
Space
Apps
2015
NYC
Data
Bootcampers
InnovaDon
through
Open
Data
Beth
Beck,
NASAs
Open
Innova>on
Program
Manager
O鍖ce
of
the
Chief
Informa>on
O鍖cer
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