The National Science Foundation has issued a RFP for researchers interested in the CubeSat. According to Wikipedia, the CubeSat is “a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that usually has a volume of exactly one liter (10 cm cube), weighs no more than one kilogram, and typically uses commercial off-the-shelf electronics components”. The satellites are then ganged onto existing rockets allowing for low-budget space research.
Needless to say, when I first read about the CubeSat a few years ago I thought that conceptual art and data-driven art projects truly need to get launched into space. Anyone have a few spare centimeters?
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