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To: energyplay who wrote (48844)	4/20/2004 11:05:51 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

EP, <<25 Kilograms?>> ... small enough to place a lot of them on to one big rocket, and large enough to equip with some artificial calculating machines, store some cyber instructions/equations, and perhaps carry some incidental luggage, do useful tasks, no doubt, such as checking on the colour of crops and temperature of farm fields, apparently :0) Think of it, swarms and swarms of them, blinding sights, deafening communications, getting in the way of things, and getting to other things. Based on serial production cost, should cost something like a China produced microwave oven or DVD, and retail at Walmart for about USD 20/unit. Could be cheap enough to use in a meteor shower fashion, sowing seeds in fields and planting trees on mountains. Given the swarm nature, the system should be pretty robust, as any one malfunctioning nanosat will not matter to the swarm. Beautiful, reliable, inexpensive, ingenious, and so timely too. Russia had announced some system a few weeks back kansascity.com , did not give details, but had said the price was right, and the capabilities were suitable. It might be a variant of the same idea. The world is becoming safer again. There is nothing like innovation but innovation ;0) Chugs, Jay

To: energyplay who wrote (48844)	4/21/2004 1:22:55 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

China develops first nano-satellite www.chinaview.cn 2004-04-19 01:57:18 XICHANG, Sichuan, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- China successfully sent into space Nano-satellite I, the first nanotechnology-based satellite ever developed by the country independently, early Monday. The successful launch has made China the fourth country in the world that is capable of launching nano-satellites after Russia, the United States and Britain, Chinese space experts said. Nano-satellite I, with a weight of 25 kg and developed by the elite Qinghua University and Aerospace Qinghua Satellite Technologies Co. Ltd., showed China had made another important progress in the research of micro satellites, according to the experts. Based on nanotechnology the satellite features lighter weight and higher degree of integrated designing. It represents one of the most important orientations for the world's contemporary aerospace technology and forecasts the development trend that spacecraft are getting smaller and smaller, the experts said. While heralding micro satellites as a revolution in aerospace, Chinese experts said China had treated the development of super small satellites as an important way to serve economic growth and benefit mankind by using space technologies. Before the latest launch, China had successfully sent into orbit small satellites for the purposes of scientific experiments, resource survey, natural disaster forecast and environment prospecting and monitoring. Enditem news.xinhuanet.com