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by dlivingston
2325 days ago
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Slightly OT (payload rather than instrumentation), but I was able to work on a CubeSat [0] project as an undergraduate at a small state school, which was an absolutely amazing experience. I later went to ASU where I worked for the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) which is a world-class department for students interested in aerospace. Awesome aerospace R&D is certainly not solely the realm of Ivy League private schools. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat |
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This is a great example of how downward-trending costs of putting things in space have already opened doors. There are certainly more dimensions to that trend than SpaceX selling cheap launches.
When I went to university, CubeSats were barely a thing, unfortunately.
Also, the idea of filling up space with little chunks of non-government science and engineering seems to go against the stated position of the guy I've been replying to.