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Can Android Revolutionize Spacecraft Design?

Posted by timothy on from the but-wait-for-the-monthly-bill dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA's Ames Research Center is working on a new project designed to drastically cut the cost of launching and operating small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The project, known as PhoneSat, will see the Android powered Nexus One and Nexus S phones command their very own small scale spacecraft this year in a first of its kind research mission."

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  1. What a stupid article. And the answer is NO! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Betteridge's Law of Headlines is an adage that states, "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_Law_of_Headlines