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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1st post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 07:23 · Score: -1, Troll

oh yeah whos the man
Roland by StevenHenderson · 2004-10-20 07:24 · Score: -1, Troll

I think Roland needs to read this summary.
moOd 3own by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-20 08:53 · Score: -1, Troll

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