Nemeski@lemm.ee to Space@lemmy.world · 4 days agoNokia is putting the first cellular network on the moonwww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down11
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minus-squareHawtTism@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down14·4 days agoOh, so you actually thought it was a box of Nokias, and then saw the “/s” and thought “oh my! It was a joke!” Yeah. Not buying it.
minus-squareazimir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoThere’s been some great microsats built around cell phones. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/phonesat-v1.htm They’re just computers with batteries, sensors, and radios. The rigors of space are the real issue, but their functionality is spot on for the needs onboard satellites. Using one as a base station for communications would be an option too.
Oh, so you actually thought it was a box of Nokias, and then saw the “/s” and thought “oh my! It was a joke!”
Yeah. Not buying it.
Reality is often stranger than fiction
There’s been some great microsats built around cell phones.
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/phonesat-v1.htm
They’re just computers with batteries, sensors, and radios. The rigors of space are the real issue, but their functionality is spot on for the needs onboard satellites. Using one as a base station for communications would be an option too.