Nobody said that NASA, the ESA, or the Russia's Roscosmos should have all the fun when it comes to experimenting in space. On Friday, the International Space Station should receive its first batch of open-source satellites called ArduSats.
Later next week, the ISS use its robotic arm to launch the ArduSats into orbit around Earth as if they were tiny Star Trek torpedoes. At some point in the near future, Kickstarter backers of project will get their time slots to run experiments using the satellite fleet. There's also a chance that extra time slots will be rented out to regular folks like you and me.
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