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Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by dlivingston on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:42AM (#22263956)
Slightly OT (payload rather than instrumentation), but I was able to work on a CubeSat [0] project as an undergraduate at a small state school, which was an absolutely amazing experience.

I later went to ASU where I worked for the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) which is a world-class department for students interested in aerospace.

Awesome aerospace R&D is certainly not solely the realm of Ivy League private schools.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

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Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by caconym_ on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:12AM (#22266680)
> Slightly OT (payload rather than instrumentation), but I was able to work on a CubeSat [0] project as an undergraduate at a small state school, which was an absolutely amazing experience.

This is a great example of how downward-trending costs of putting things in space have already opened doors. There are certainly more dimensions to that trend than SpaceX selling cheap launches.

When I went to university, CubeSats were barely a thing, unfortunately.

Also, the idea of filling up space with little chunks of non-government science and engineering seems to go against the stated position of the guy I've been replying to.

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