[amsat-bb] Off Topic but Interesting

[skristof at etczone.com]

Cut and paste from one of the articles: "The tournament cubesat itself
consists of two L-shaped pieces that would split apart, and each piece
would head for the moon's atmosphere." 

How much atmosphere are they hoping for? I hope they are not planning on
using fins and parachutes for stabilization. I gotta think this is a
media screw-up. 

Steve AI9IN

On 2016-09-20 12:52, Gerald Payton wrote:

> http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/09/20/water-powered-cubesat-satellite-shoots-for-moon.html
> 
> [http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/science/2016/09/20/water-powered-cubesat-satellite-shoots-for-moon/_jcr_content/par/featured_image/media-0.img.png/0/0/1474311058417.png?ve=1]<http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/09/20/water-powered-cubesat-satellite-shoots-for-moon.html>
> 
> Water-powered Cubesat Satellite Shoots For The Moon<http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/09/20/water-powered-cubesat-satellite-shoots-for-moon.html>
> www.foxnews.com [1]
> A cereal box-size satellite, fueled by water power, is in the running for the first tiny satellite to orbit the moon.
> 
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