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user-inactivated · 4236 days ago · link · · parent · post: NASA launches 3 smartphones as satellites
The achievement could mark big changes in the satellite business.
Does anyone else think this might end up being the understatement of 2013? Think of the ramifications of privately-owned thousand-dollar satellites flying around up there.
BrainBurner · 4234 days ago · link ·
This is exactly what I thought when reading this. Though my image was more of private citizens launching iPhones into the stratosphere rather than big corporations launching their own satellites, which seems almost inevitable.
glitchinthematrix · 4235 days ago · link ·
That brings up an interesting idea, but there's a huge problem out there with space junk. I'd say we need to clean some of that up before launching more stuff.