IP: BaltimoreSun: Off-the-shelf parts, outer space ideas

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
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> Subject: BaltimoreSun: Off-the-shelf parts, outer space ideas
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 22:12:01 +0200
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> BaltimoreSun: Off-the-shelf parts, outer space ideas
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> Satellite: Naval Academy midshipmen cobble together an orbiter for next to
> nothing.
>
> By Laura Sullivan
> Sun Staff
> Originally published August 24, 2001
>
> When midshipmen at the Naval Academy set out to build a satellite three
> years ago, school officials balked at the half-million-dollar price.
>
> So the midshipmen came up with another plan and built one for a fraction of
> the cost - using parts from Radio Shack.
>
> The satellite, which is soon to hitch a ride into space on a NASA rocket,
> shows what can be accomplished with a little investment in brainpower.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://www.sunspot.net/technology/bal-te.ar.satellite24aug24.story?coll=bal-
> home-headlines
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