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Open source software and hardware are about to take a giant, if futile, leap into space, thanks to two “CubeSats” that ascended into the heavens in the HTV-4 “transfer vehicle” that also carried a humaniform robot to the International Space Station (ISS). The two CubeSats, named because they are cubes ten centimetres on each …

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  1. Robert E A Harvey

    Clever launch technique

    Ship them to someone already up there.

    Open window

    chuck them out.

    I like it!

    1. jjk
      Holmes

      Re: Clever launch technique

      Launched using the robotic arm... hm. Overhand, underhand or sidearm throw?

      1. Robert E A Harvey

        Re: Clever launch technique

        Googly

    2. Ged T
      Joke

      Re: Clever launch technique

      Wot? Won't they get nicked for thowing litter from a moving veh-icle?

  2. chrisf1

    why 'futile'

    Seems a harsh word to apply to this project?

    1. tony2heads
      Mushroom

      BAH futile indeed!

      Cubesats are perfect for small missions - like ionospheric studies and amateur band transponders

  3. phuzz Silver badge

    "HTV-4 docks at the ISS early on Saturday, Australian time".

    What's that in UTC?

    1. SteveK

      "What's that in UTC?"

      March.

    2. John Brown (no body) Silver badge
      Facepalm

      More to the point which Australian time? What timezone?

  4. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    Cubesat propulsion is the cutting edge of this technology

    But even without it they will deliver some useful results and give people experience of this sort of hardware.

    Thumbs up.

  5. ElNumbre
    IT Angle

    The On-going march of progress...

    So, compared to the original Voyager spacecraft, how do these Cubesat's compare for compute power?

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