Student Satellite Ready for Space

Posted by michael on Thursday December 2, 2004 @05:02AM from the up-up-and-away dept.

An anonymous contributor writes "Nearly one hundred students from all over Europe have been working hard on SSETI Express Satellite (Student Space Education and Technology Initiative). Last week a handful of students gathered at the Netherlands to put the finishing touches to the flight model. The final exams in the space simulators will follow in January - the last hurdle before launch in May 2005. The satellite has been largely designed and built via the Internet. The students keep each other informed about the latest developments using a special news server and weekly chat sessions."

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Student budget? by flumps · 2004-12-02 05:49 · Score: 4, Funny

SETI Express is not only built by students, but also has a student budget - preferably for free. "We don't have money, but we still have to get things done", explains Karl Kaas Laursen from Denmark.

Is it just me, or does anyone have visions of a couple of beercans with coat hanger antenni floating about in space?

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