Students Design A Satellite Via Internet

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 20, 2004 @07:18AM from the a-piece-here-a-piece-there dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "A group of 250 students from many European universities has collectively designed a satellite by using a dedicated news server and weekly chats on Internet. By using the Web, the virtual team was able to move from design to construction in less than a year. The SSETI Express is currently under integration in one of the technology centers of the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Netherlands. Only a few selected members of the team will attend the launch which will be part of the Russian mission Cosmos DMC-3 in May 2005. The SSETI Express will embark three mini 'cubesats' for specific experiments while the main satellite will test a propulsion system and act as a transponder for amateur radio users. I sure hope that this collaborative action will be successful. Read this summary for more details."

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FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 07:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yes.
frist by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 07:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

ya!
mod up by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 07:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

thats the first time a goatse link has been on-topic and informative.
Roland Boulliabaise by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 07:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

1. Use links/lynx or FF and block ads
2. Slashdot the motherfucker to hell and back (no wait just to hell, that way we dont have to see his crap anymore)