Civilians in Abandoned McDonald’s Seize Control of Wandering Space Satellite

For the first time in history, an independent crew is taking control of a NASA satellite and running a crowdfunded mission. They're doing it all from a makeshift mission control center in an abandoned McDonald’s in Mountain View, CA, using old radio parts from eBay and a salvaged flat screen TV. “If I could come up…

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Cobbydaler
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What a fantastic story! I'm so glad "You may also like" brought me to it.

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- drunkenninja
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  Woot, after 9 months someone finally commented! Thank you "You may also like", thank you!! :D
  
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Gozzin (edited 9 years ago)
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An Open Source Satellite

Until now, when NASA wanted to conduct research, they’d collect data and disappear with it for a few months before publishing. But >the data from ISEE-3 is going to be available to anyone who wants access to it. It’s a spacecraft funded by the public, and available for >the public.

This is great! I'm passing this on.

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