Fly Your Own Experiment In Space 76
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timothy
from the in-space-no-one-knows-it's-a-time-share dept.
from the in-space-no-one-knows-it's-a-time-share dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Want to fly your own experiment in space? dvice are reporting on a project called Ardusat — a satellite based (unsurprisingly perhaps, given the name) on Arduinos. For $500 you can upload your own code to the satellite, and run your own experiment for 1 week. Experimenters will have access to a veritable battery of 25 sensors including magnetometer, geiger counter, accelerometer, gas sensors and various others. As well as allowing for affordable space science, this sounds like it would be awesome for educational institutes."
Why? Massive destruction, of course! (Score:5, Funny)
Then again, you could hack into the main system, power on the thrusters, and ram into a military-grade satellite, changing its azimuth. In the ensuing madness, small splinters get sent across the Earth orbit at high speed, finally surrounding us by the Kessler syndrome we deserve, and cutting us out of space for a good while.
Ah, you can't take away one man's apocalyptic dream. :-)
Maybe I can cut out a job as a space-sweeper [wikipedia.org].
Re:whats that code for free HBO?? (Score:5, Funny)
A, B, A, B, right, left, right, left, down, down, up, up
Duh