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ISS Astronauts Fire-Up Awesome 'Cubesat Cannon'

Posted by timothy on from the pew-pew-pew dept.

astroengine writes "As if the International Space Station couldn't get any cooler, the Japanese segment of the orbiting outpost has launched a barrage of small satellites — known as "cubesats" — from their very own Cubesat Cannon! Of course, the real name of the cubesat deployment system isn't quite as dramatic, but the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) adds a certain sci-fi flair to space station science."

3 of 52 comments (clear)

  1. Getting My Own Cubesat by DexterIsADog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do I have to show my tits to get them to fire a cubesat at me?

    That would be way ugly.

  2. Re:Portal by kelemvor4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    In space they're weightless companion cubes.

  3. Re:Portal by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
    You just keep on trying till you run out of dehydrated cake.
    And the Science gets done.
    And you make a neat space gun.
    For the astronauts who are still alive.