Right now, if i were going to try to put u ten pound cupe sat into orbit, would be about 200 thousand dollars. With the reusability that m companis like spases are really making possible now, that cost is coming down significantly. If you flew to europe in seven forty seven, and then they shoved it off the cliff and then brought out a new one every time, thoi, that flight would be really costlyat soyes, cause everybody's on pay roll - right?
How do satellites work? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore CubeSats, space lasers, and the ecology of low Earth orbit with VP of Raytheon, Sandy Brown, and associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, Kerri Cahoy.
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