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Using an Old Space-Suit as a Satellite

Posted by timothy on from the out-of-fashion-anyhow dept.

Andrew-Unit writes "The ARRL has an interesting article about an amateur satellite project where some amateur radio electronics will be crammed into an old spacesuit and chucked out of the window of the International Space Station."

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  1. Why do we need a spacesuit?? by jigyasubalak · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's only radio machinery.

    btw, is this FP?

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  2. Why a spacesuit? by mboverload · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What does a spacesuit have that a box of quarter inch steel plate doesn't? I bet the suit weighs alot more and I KNOW the electronics dont need a human atmosphere.

  3. good casing for space? by Use+Psychology · · Score: 2, Interesting


    enclosing the guts of the satellite -- i.e. the technology -- in a shell such as this seems a pretty good idea. since the space-suit isn't brittle, it should be less susceptible to shattering by micro-meteorites and space-debris.

    i guess power supply would be a problem though?