ESA offers CubeSats a deep space ride on asteroid mission

CubeSats offer a way to get into space on the cheap. They're compact, inexpensive, and they can piggyback on larger launch payloads to get into orbit. The trouble is, this piggybacking is often like trying to hitchhike cross country on a ride that only goes to the edge of town. The European Space Agency is widening the scope a little by opening a competition for CubeSats to ride into deep space on its Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM)... Continue Reading ESA offers CubeSats a deep space ride on asteroid mission



Section: Space



Tags: Asteroid, Competition, CubeSat, ESA, Impact, NASA, Satellite



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