Extreme Hobbyists Put Satellites Into Orbit With $8,000 Kits

"Attention wannabe supervillains: Putting your own,
personal satellite into orbit is not such a far-fetched
idea after all. Interorbital Systems, which makes
rockets and spacecraft, created a kit last year that
lets almost anyone with a passion for electronics and
space build a satellite. The $8,000 kit includes the
price of the launch.

The company is now ready to launch its first sub-orbital
test flights in California next month."

See:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...intcid=postnav

On 7/27/2010 7:24 AM, wrote:
"Attention wannabe supervillains: Putting your own,
personal satellite into orbit is not such a far-fetched
idea after all. Interorbital Systems, which makes
rockets and spacecraft, created a kit last year that
lets almost anyone with a passion for electronics and
space build a satellite. The $8,000 kit includes the
price of the launch.

The company is now ready to launch its first sub-orbital
test flights in California next month."

And you can go to see those suborbital tests in your Moller Flying Car.
You have seen many exiting exhibits today, but the most astounding one
is the Egress, which you will find right behind that door.

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:
And you can go to see those suborbital tests in your Moller Flying Car.
You have seen many exiting exhibits today, but the most astounding one
is the Egress, which you will find right behind that door.

Assuming the kit contains several strong samarium-cobalt refrigerator magnets
for surreptitiously attaching your hobbyist satellite to the legitimate payload.

So the kit price breakdown is $79.99 for the parts and $7,920.01 for the
SpaceX employee bribe (labor).

:-)

Dave