CubeSat is Cal Poly’s plan to make space accessible to the rest of us. That is, they want to make it easy and cheap enough to launch satellites that even high schools can get a chance at it. Engadget says they call it “the Apple II of space exploration” (link added). Here, read this:
The CubeSat [...]
Posted October 17, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Technology. Tags: calpoly, cubesat, cubesat project, diy, diy satellite, launch vehicle, microsatellite, pod, pods, satellite, space, space exploration, space race. Be the first one.
Tom Mangan has put the Google Maps API to interesting use with his space shuttle tracking page. Also worth checking out: his Blackbird Spotting site and TLable, a little extension to make pinning/annotating maps even better.
blackbird, google maps, map api, space, space shuttle, spacecraft, sr-71, tom mangan
Posted July 31, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Technology. Tags: blackbird, google maps, map api, space, space shuttle, spacecraft, sr-71, tom mangan. 41 Comments.
