quoted from the Defence Industry Daily
The proliferation of micro-satellites is just the start. USAF journals like High Frontier are already talking about nano-satellites, or in civilian parlance "CubeSats." Their effects could be profound, and will be felt in many ways. San Jose's Good Morning Silicon Valley covers an Institute for the Future project called The Signtific Lab. The premise, which you're invited to discuss and build on, is:
"...in 2019, cubesats - space satellites smaller than a shoebox - have become very cheap and very popular. For $100, anyone can put a cutomized personal satellites into low-earth orbit. And space data tranfer protocols developed by the Interstellar Internet Project provide a basic relay backbone linking low-powered cubesats with ground stations, and with each other. Space is open... . What will you do when space is as cheap and accessible as the Web is today?"
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