MAKE Magazine Volume 24 ("DIY Space"), shows readers how to launch their own satellite into orbit, send up a stratosphere balloon probe, eavesdrop on the Space Station, and analyze galaxies for $20 with an easy spectrograph. Or learn how to float an ordinary helium balloon and a drugstore camera to take aerial photos that are better than Google Earth.
"Space 2.0 represents the open sourcing of space exploration, a new model that could lead to faster, cheaper ways to develop space technologies," says MAKE founder Dale Dougherty. "It's also a call for makers to participate in research and development." Indeed, private space enthusiasts are developing real missions to the moon and Mars, while NASA is tapping students and amateurs to help build smartphone moon rovers and even Lego satellites...
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