[amsat-bb] ‘Kinect’ STRaND-2 at UK Space Agency Conference + Skylon

[Trevor .]

STRaND-2 proposes to use the Lidar system, as used in the Kinect games controller, for the docking of nanosats. 

http://www.uk.amsat.org/6795 

#Skylon an unpiloted, reusable spaceplane being developed by the UK company Reaction Engines Limited (REL) should be featured on the BBC 6pm and 10pm News shows this evening. 

BBC News 24 is available on the web at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10318089 a proxy server may be needed to view it in ceratin countries.

73 Trevor M5AKA