Trial #2: What will you do when space is as cheap and accessible as the Web is today?

In 2019, cubesats — space satellites smaller than a shoebox — have become very cheap and very popular. For $100, anyone can put a customized personal satellite into low-earth orbit. Your personal cubesat:

• Has a volume of 1 L
• Can hold up to 1 kg of equipment
• Orbits the earth every 90 minutes (e.g., NOT geosynchronous)
• Can use space data transfer protocols and the Interstellar Internet to work together with many other cubesats, in order to provide constant Earth-to-ground connection, or monitoring of a particular place on Earth, e.g.

When custom satellites are as easy to design and launch as your own website is today…

What will you study? What will you design? What will you make? Who will you collaborate with? How will your field change? How will daily life change? How will the world be different?

Also see: The facts behind the Free Space scenario.

NOTE: Although this trial is closed, we encourage you to explore the cards below.