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NASA Pondering Two Public Contests To Build Small Space Exploration Satellites

Posted by samzenpus on from the build-it-for-us dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA today said it was looking into developing two new Centennial Challenge competitions that would let the public design, build and deliver small satellites known as Cubesats capable of operations and experiments near the moon and beyond. The first challenge will focus on finding innovative ways to allow deep space communications with small spacecraft, while the second focuses on primary propulsion for small spacecraft."

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  1. Fuck Beta by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Beta != Slashdot

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  2. Buck Feta by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Feta cheese was on sale today for only a dollar a pound.

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  3. Re:NO! by Koen+Lefever · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't come here for the stories, I come here for the comments. Whatever trolling is going on, there always was somebody with relevant knowledge around.

    I have been reading /. since 1998 almost every day (changed userID when I changed e-mail address), loading everything in full at level 0 and summaries at level -1 (not because I love trolls, but because some really interesting AC comments never get modded up.) In the Beta, it just doesn't work like that anymore - that is a big difference with all previous /. restylings.

    Filled in the survey, like many others did, it seems we are being ignored. I would rather go back to a monochrome 40 character width screen than to the /. beta.

    --
    /. refugees on Usenet: news:comp.misc
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    --
    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  5. Time for a slashdotting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

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