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From 1 highschool program in 2006 (TJ3SAT) there's now over 50 high scool programs launching cubesat style satellites. Some use base kits, making the launch eve

by vasco 2y ago

From 1 highschool program in 2006 (TJ3SAT) there's now over 50 high scool programs launching cubesat style satellites. Some use base kits, making the launch even easier. Sure, it's amazing they have a bootstrapping engineering community in Botswana, but this isn't more sophisticated than a high school program with money to pay for the ride up. To compare what NASA does to this seems like a soft discrimination of low expectations, which is so common when referring to developing countries.

motorest 2y ago
> From 1 highschool program in 2006 (TJ3SAT) there's now over 50 high scool programs launching cubesat style satellites. Some use base kits, making the launch even easier. Sure, it's amazing they have a bootstrapping engineering community in Botswana, but this isn't more sophisticated than a high school program with money to pay for the ride up. I think you're trying very hard to grasp at straws to belittle a whole country, while being completely oblivious to the domain. For reference, Ireland launched its first satellite on 2023. Does this give you the right to shit on Ireland's achievement? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_satellites_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_satellites_by_co...
- vasco 2y ago
  That's funny. Go read up about cubesats friend.
  - Apocryphon 2y ago
    It was from a university. > EIRSAT-1 (Educational Irish Research Satellite-1) is a European Space Agency-sponsored 2U CubeSat developed and built by University College Dublin > The mission of EIRSAT-1 is to advance education in space science and engineering across the whole island of Ireland through collaboration between student teams, higher education institutions and high-tech companies. Actually it looks like most of the first national satellites listed are operated by colleges and universities, not high schools.
    - vasco 2y ago
      Yes because most high schools with money to hitch a ride with spacex are in the USA. So they aren't first launches, which is besides the point. The point is that launching a cubesat is nowhere near the complexity that NASA (or any other real space program) operates at, and it's actually at the level of a US rich high school. This is no detriment to anyone, it's just what it is. I'd say with enough money for the spacex ticket any "tech maker" youtuber has enough sophistication to launch a cubesat too. Also I never mentioned the satellite you reference.
      - Apocryphon 2y ago
        See, wasn’t it easy to clarify your point?
        vasco 2y ago
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by vasco 2y ago

motorest 2y ago

> From 1 highschool program in 2006 (TJ3SAT) there's now over 50 high scool programs launching cubesat style satellites. Some use base kits, making the launch even easier. Sure, it's amazing they have a bootstrapping engineering community in Botswana, but this isn't more sophisticated than a high school program with money to pay for the ride up. I think you're trying very hard to grasp at straws to belittle a whole country, while being completely oblivious to the domain. For reference, Ireland launched its first satellite on 2023. Does this give you the right to shit on Ireland's achievement? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_satellites_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_satellites_by_co...

vasco 2y ago
That's funny. Go read up about cubesats friend.
- Apocryphon 2y ago
  It was from a university. > EIRSAT-1 (Educational Irish Research Satellite-1) is a European Space Agency-sponsored 2U CubeSat developed and built by University College Dublin > The mission of EIRSAT-1 is to advance education in space science and engineering across the whole island of Ireland through collaboration between student teams, higher education institutions and high-tech companies. Actually it looks like most of the first national satellites listed are operated by colleges and universities, not high schools.
  - vasco 2y ago
    Yes because most high schools with money to hitch a ride with spacex are in the USA. So they aren't first launches, which is besides the point. The point is that launching a cubesat is nowhere near the complexity that NASA (or any other real space program) operates at, and it's actually at the level of a US rich high school. This is no detriment to anyone, it's just what it is. I'd say with enough money for the spacex ticket any "tech maker" youtuber has enough sophistication to launch a cubesat too. Also I never mentioned the satellite you reference.
    - Apocryphon 2y ago
      See, wasn’t it easy to clarify your point?
      - vasco 2y ago
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