Dennis Wingo has a guest article at Watts Up With That.
6 thoughts on “Repurposing ISEE-3”
Anything that’s done as much flying as that has deserves an upgrade from “Satellite” to “Spacecraft.”
Al, yep. The navigation skills by Farquhar and the longevity of the spacecraft are both remarkable…
An impressive display of Alpha Nerdery.
I hope you are successful and that others are inspired to undertake similar endeavors.
If there is no computer on board, what sort of security do you have to keep control of the spacecraft? Once it’s in earth orbit, what keeps the spacecraft from responding to other transmitters?
Anything that’s done as much flying as that has deserves an upgrade from “Satellite” to “Spacecraft.”
Al, yep. The navigation skills by Farquhar and the longevity of the spacecraft are both remarkable…
An impressive display of Alpha Nerdery.
I hope you are successful and that others are inspired to undertake similar endeavors.
If there is no computer on board, what sort of security do you have to keep control of the spacecraft? Once it’s in earth orbit, what keeps the spacecraft from responding to other transmitters?
http://xkcd.com/1337/
Apparently, the much-coveted XKCD LEET award goes to Dennis Wingo…