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Students Take Pictures From Space On $150 Budget

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-can-see-my-house-from-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two MIT students have successfully photographed the earth from space on a strikingly low budget of $148. Perhaps more significantly, they managed to accomplish this feat using components available off-the-shelf to the average layperson, opening the door for a new generation of amateur space enthusiasts. The pair plan to launch again soon and hope that their achievements will inspire teachers and students to pursue similar endeavors."

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  1. ACME by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    My ACME Slingshot Cam may actually have a chance. I'm inspired again.

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  2. Re:Damage on landing? by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    What a euphemism: "It didn't crash-land, it just rapidly embedded into the ground." Better copyright that before the airlines use it.

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  3. Re:Safety? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    how did they prevent the bloody thing from hitting another human on the way down?

    Probability?

  4. Re:This is hardly anything new by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, that's an easy one. Use precisely guided rockets and explosives to carve her face on the surface of the moon....

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  5. Re:NOT from space by Chyeld · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know, I'm still trying to figure out how boats float....