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Big Hopes for Tiny Satellites

Posted by michael on from the size-matters dept.

shelflife writes: "ST5, according to NASA, will usher in a new era of small, smart spacecraft. Why send a human into space when you can send a computer? And why send something almost as heavy as a UNIVAC if a laptop will do? Compact nanosatellites will have everything you'd want in a full-size, luxury satellite. They will have the attitudinal and navigational capabilities needed to maintain proper orbits, and they will be capable of complex, high-bandwidth communications functions."

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  1. BREAKING NEWS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Breaking News: Osama Bin Ladin IS GAY!

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    1. Re:BREAKING NEWS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hehehehohohohaha,

      www.MarkVD.net Rocks!

    2. Re:BREAKING NEWS! by cgleba · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hmm. . .the spammers and flamers only come out at night. . . .

      One more reason to lock my doors at night :).

      It's rather amusing to see this. . .it's like children when the parents aren't looking. . .

      Here's my spam for the night (while no one is moderating): Go Red Sox!

    3. Re:BREAKING NEWS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      All Your "Al Qaeda" Are Belong To George W

  2. If we're sending MicroSATs to space by Sagarian · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    can MicroSOFT be far behind?

    Maybe that's why my Win98 machine is so flaky sometimes. Microsoft has been building solar flare disturbance simulators into the Windows kernel since 3.1...

  3. Re:Poll... important, please reply! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What do borders have to do with it? Don't you grow in your own country?

    - A Happy West-Coast Canadian

    (BC Bud for this BC bud)

  4. OT: INCREDIBLE BREAKING NEWS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Guys, I know this is horribly OT -- but I just read this press release on Delta's site. Seems a well-known and very infamous web site here on /. is seeking to buy out a significant bit of Delta Airlines! With the airline industry in the ailing state it is, this unprecedented it may very well succeed!

    Egad -- I shudder to think of what THEIR flights will be like, and the horrors that will happen onboard those planes!

    1. Re:OT: INCREDIBLE BREAKING NEWS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's life in prison for you.

  5. Re:Radiation is a big problem, heat too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For all of you folks telling people what a dumbass this guy is, he sure sounds smart.

  6. Why send human into space if can send a computer by Geek+Technica · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hmm not a windows raning computer 1/2 way up it wud blue screen. LOL ok computers in space thats cool but i like to see more humans in space like to Mars. and thay can send Bin Laden to the sun on the way. :)

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  7. Re:uhhh this shit is DUUUHHHHMB by Geek+Technica · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hi you Anonymous Coward troll.

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  8. The worst photoshop hackjob ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look, it's the Aimster Girl's head on somebody else's body! And love that fake T-shirt too! God damn Johnny Deep, you're a real piece of shit!

    Send him mail! Send him mail! Send him mail! Send him mail! Send him mail!

  9. The Story of the 21st Century: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Why send a human into space when you can send a computer?" Replace 'space' with 'Afghanistan' and you can see where things are going.