Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with crowdfu

[LaxScrutiny]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/tech...wdfunding/article18923353/#dashboard/follows/

To resurrect ISEE-3, they had raised nearly $160,000 from 2,238 online donors, pored over old NASA documents and programmed software-defined radio devices to link up with a spacecraft whose communications hardware had long been retired from service on Earth

The saddest thing for me is that NASA couldn't come up with $160,000.

 

[sojourner]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

XKCD got it right.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

XKCD got it right.

Gee, I was hoping they heard...

"Y O U W I L L B E A S S I M I L A T E D.

R E S I S T A N C E I S F U T I L E."



ETA:

I finally found the fund raising page, and was gratified to see they not only met their goal, but their "stretch goal" as well.

Well done.

http://www.rockethub.com/42228

 

[RoJoHen]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

The saddest thing for me is that NASA couldn't come up with $160,000.

Space exploration: paid for by Viewers Like You.

 

[varek]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

Wow! That is an amazing article, LaxScrutiny! Thank you for sharing with us!

I wonder how many other publicized and unpublicized spacecraft are floating around out there, some of which might be reworkable.

 

[Australis]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

Cool!

Next: crowdfunding for the Hubble telescope.

Seriously.

 

[Amaris]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

Sounds like a plan! Also, on the main page, the thread title cuts off at "crowdfu." I found that amusing.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

Re: Lost in space, decades-old probe brought back into action with cro

I cut and pasted the headline, it was an inadvertent result.

Sounds like a plan! Also, on the main page, the thread title cuts off at "crowdfu." I found that amusing.