Oh, I do love good news. A few days ago I wrote about a small group of aerospace experts who put up a Kickstarter project to launch a small satellite. The news? It's fully funded! That means this satellite will get built and launched into space. Be aware that, as with most Kickstarter projects, reaching their goal doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't pitch in. More money pledged even after the goal is achieved means more and cooler stuff the project people can do with it! And in this case, kicking in some cash gives you a chance to quite literally be a part of this mission: Discover Magazine is holding a contest where you can enter to get your experiment performed on this wee satellite. The details can be found here. Here's the basic stuff:
(1) Fund the ArduSat project, for however much or little as you desire. You'll ...
