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Project Cosmos on Cardano
by Buffy Bot and Viper Pool
The Ascension Sciences team & Buffybot Publishing came together to test new ways of funding scientific pursuits. The idea behind Project Cosmos on Cardano was to offer the Cardano community a chance to participate in a scientific-research study by offering sponsorship slots in the form of NFTs, and those NFTs themselves would become part of a research investigation.
Community members purchased NFT Access tokens and chose which of their own personal NFTs they would like to print on a sponsorship card for inclusion in the study.
“We are flying a set of 25 tin and titanium plates to explore how tin whiskers grow in a microgravity environment. Tin whiskers are tiny filaments that can cause computers to short circuit in space, and why they grow in space is currently unknown. The team’s plan is to grow these filaments in space and then measure them when the plates are back on the ground to estimate growth rate compared to a set of control plates on the ground. “
“The plates will also be minted as cNFTs and feature the policy ID on each test plate, making them the first objects to go to space and back that are paired with a matching NFT.
The team will analyze the data stored in memory embedded in the cards before and after the flight to determine if radiation in space caused any corruption. ” — Viper Science