The Problem: Individuals can spend years of time and thousands, if not millions of dollars, to construct, test, and launch a satellite into earth orbit. The Solution: Near space, between the altitudes of 75,000 and 330,000 feet, has the look and feel of space (except for the prolong microgravity available on orbit). Individuals spend only a few months and less than $1000 to construct, test, and launch a functioning model of a satellite. An entire mission from liftoff to recovery is completed in time for lunch. In many cases, near space is good enough for the desired science and engineering tests.


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    Title :

    Amateur Near Space Exploration: The Do-It-Yourself Space Program


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Eighth International Conference on Engineering, Construction, Operation, and Business In Space; Fifth International Conference and Exposition and Demonstration on Robotics for Challenging Situations and Environments ; 2002 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2002-06-07




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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