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Re:NASA has three smartphones orbiting the earth as mini-sat... by noonespecial on Friday April 26, 2013 @11:38AM (#5613496)
If the data it could collect in those 2 weeks was worth $200k, hell yes. Sign me up for 2 launches/month.
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Re:NASA has three smartphones orbiting the earth as mini-sat... by leeoniya on Friday April 26, 2013 @11:56AM (#5613597)
heh, i was gonna add the clause *unless you're the NSA or have some deep pockets

i think as long as launches are limited, the asking price will be kept artificially high anyways to render the cost of the actual satellite minimal compared to the launch expenses, regardless if it's $300 or $300,000 going up.

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