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Commercial Spaceport In Texas

Posted by timothy on from the a-big-damn-big-super-big-big-big-place dept.

Scothoser writes "CNN has this article on a rocket that was launched on a ranch site near Stockton, Texas. Their hope is that it will become a commercial launch site for anything, as long as it is legal. The major reason for this move is that using NASA launch sites are prohibitively expensive. This way someone can launch their home-made satellites for much less than approaching NASA. Now I am just waiting for the HOW-TO on a Linux-run micro-satellite!"

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  1. Sir Bard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm a linux sysadmin and a great idea just struck me. Imagine a Beowulf cluster of satillites over a pedal powered 802.11 network (all running Linux, of course)!

    The idea struck me as I was coding in C#, I suppose I'll submit it to Ron Jeremy and see what he thinks.