German Hackers Propose Uncensorable Global Grid — With Satellites

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German Hackers Propose Uncensorable Global Grid — With Satellites

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 3, 2012 @06:00AM from the das-klingt-aber-gut dept.

braindrainbahrain writes "The members of the Stuttgart Hackerspace have taken it upon themselves to launch their own space program. The immediate goal of the Hacker Space Program is to create an uncensorable internet in space beyond the control of terrestrial entities using a network of ground stations and communications satellites. In the longer term (think the year 2035), they'd like to put a hacker astronaut on the moon!"

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I Wonder... by mrozone · 2012-01-03 06:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Can a Hot Pocket be cooked in space?
where do i donate $$$ by alen · 2012-01-03 06:09 · Score: 4, Funny

since it will cost like eleventy billion $$$ or euros where can i donate? i'll gladly donate $50,000 for this just to be able to download free movies and music
1. Re:where do i donate $$$ by cdibbs · 2012-01-03 06:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They probably only accept Bitcoins.
Re:Had this idea a decade or so ago... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-03 06:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Was going to write a science fiction tale around it, but then I took an arrow to the knee...

Fixed.
Re:What about money? by MagikSlinger · 2012-01-03 06:27 · Score: 2, Funny

Pfft! They'll just wire up some servos, an arduino and some hobby rocket motors, and it's all good. :-)

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Re:Only... by interkin3tic · 2012-01-03 07:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Coming to a congress near you by 2020 if this happens: SPACE JOB act

(Solving Pirating American Copyright Enforcement Junk Orbiting Ban)

A bill sold as protecting American satellites from this terrible problem of space junk in orbit, American jobs from overseas satellite hackers bent on stealing movies, and national security.

It stipulates that the military will, at the RIAA/MPAA's command, blow up any satellite that the RIAA/MPAA lawyers say probably has pirated material on it. Additionally, large amounts of metal objects will be placed in orbit make it difficult for pirates to launch any more satellites. Sponsors of the bill say they don't really understand physics, but they doubt that could damage innocent satellites. They also point out that the constitution doesn't apply in space.