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ARKYD on Kickstarter

ARKYD on Kickstarter

Posted Sep 19, 2013 19:14 UTC (Thu) by jnareb (subscriber, #46500)
Parent article: Asteroid "mining" with Linux and FOSS

Is it the same ARKYD as ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone funded project (at $1.5M/$1.0M goal) on Kickstarter?


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ARKYD on Kickstarter

Posted Sep 21, 2013 4:42 UTC (Sat) by mtaht (✭ supporter ✭, #11087) [Link]

Yes.

While I am glad the kickstarter campaign was such a a success, it never seemed clear to me that was being expressed and sold there was only the first fragments of the bold and magnificent dream. While getting a small spacecraft up and running in LEO IS a giant challenge in itself - getting to the next step - OUT of orbit, finally, into the nearer parts of the solar system - is the next big goal after that.

"Once in orbit, you're halfway to anywhere." - R.A.H.

I'd like to see Linux in use throughout the asteroids in the fairly near term.

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