Android In Space: STRaND-1 Satellite To Activate Nexus One

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 7, 2013 @03:09AM from the roaming-charges-will-get-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In as little as a few days, the British-made Surrey Training, Research, and Nanosatellite Demonstrator (STRaND-1) satellite will begin transitioning its key systems over to a completely stock Android Nexus One smartphone that's been bolted to the bottom of it. The mission is designed to test the endurance of off-the-shelf consumer hardware, and to validate Android as a viable platform for controlling low-cost spacecraft. STRaND-1 managed to beat NASA's own 'PhoneSat' mission to the punch, which will see a Nexus One and Nexus S launched into space aboard the April test flight of the Orbital Sciences Antares commercial launch vehicle, the prime competitor to SpaceX's Falcon 9."

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Que random jokes by Bobfrankly1 · 2013-03-07 03:21 · Score: 4, Funny

I'd hate to pay the roaming charges on this.
It's stuck with a 2 year contract
At least it doesn't have to interface with iTunes
WHO FORGOT TO ADD TETHERING TO THE PLAN!?!
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1. Re:Que random jokes by swanzilla · 2013-03-07 03:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Don't forget the N900 crowd...someone was probably controlling low-cost spacecraft in 2009.
  
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