Spacepod
Spacepod
Carrie Nugent
46: Spacecraft no bigger than a breadbox with Dr. Asphaug
12 minutes Posted May 22, 2016 at 4:00 pm.
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Professor Erik Asphaug stops by the show to discuss AOSAT-1, a tiny spacecraft that will contain experiments to study the surface of asteroids. AOSAT-1 will rotate once every minute, creating a force inside that exactly mimics gravity on an asteroid. We discuss how AOSAT-1, a cubesat, is being designed and built, and how it may launched from the space station in a “cubesat cannon”.