SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world's lightest satellite, which will be put into orbit at a Nasa[sic] facility in the US in June.
Rifath Shaarook's 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was selected as the winner in a competition co-sponsored by Nasa[sic]. The 18-year-old says its main purpose was to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre.
Rifath told local media his invention will go on a four-hour mission for a sub-orbital flight. During that time, the lightweight satellite will operate for around 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space.
"We designed it completely from scratch," he said. "It will have a new kind of on-board computer and eight indigenous built-in sensors to measure acceleration, rotation and the magnetosphere of the earth."
We need more competitions like this that encourage young people in science, and we need the media to make a bigger deal about it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @12:38AM (3 children)
Americans don't build satellites because any American teenager who gets uppity is told to sit the fuck down, shut the fuck up, and accept the fact that tech is for brown people.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @02:24AM (2 children)
Meh. You're just pissed off because your baking soda volcano didn't win a prize.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @02:30AM (1 child)
My baking soda volcano was edible and it still didn't win a prize because I didn't add enough refined sugar.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17 2017, @05:45AM
it still didn't win a prize because I didn't add enough refined sugar.
Next time replace sugar with cocaine.