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USNA "Budget" Satellite Launched and Functioning

Posted by timothy on from the hey-bob-where's-my-metal-tape-measure dept.

Arpad Korossy writes: "Hey, you ran a story on this earlier, and some people expressed doubt whether a sattelite made for a tenth of the usual cost using mostly components from Radio Shack would work; well, it has. The best line in the whole article has to be 'Instead of a $50,000 antenna system, the group used a metal tape measure.""

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  1. NASA adopts innovative procedures by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of a $50,000 antenna system, the group used a metal tape measure.

    Nasa thought it was such a good idea they have placed a $1,000,000 order for 20 metal tape measures.

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  2. RadioShack by Ratbert42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but did they have to give their name & phone number to RadioShack to buy those parts?