To widen path to outer space, UF engineers build small satellite
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 14:42
in Astronomy & Space
It's not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds. But the 'pico satellite' being designed and built in a University of Florida aerospace engineering laboratory may hold a key to a future of easy access to outer space - one where sending satellites into orbit is as routine and inexpensive as shipping goods around the world...