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The ancient mariner.

The article reports on the 2014 effort by a group of amateur space scientists to reboot the International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft which was launched in 1978 and was shut down by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1997. Topics include software developed...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 412; no. 8895; p. 72
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 7/12/2014
Materias:
United States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Artificial satellites
Citizen science
Amateur scientists
Computer software development
Artificial satellite launching
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Sumario:The article reports on the 2014 effort by a group of amateur space scientists to reboot the International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft which was launched in 1978 and was shut down by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1997. Topics include software developed specially for the project, citizen science, and the falling cost of satellites and their launches.