Comments on: Postgraduate plug-n-play cubesat manufacturers ship their first product

By: Edward

Edward — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:02:38 +0000

Professor Terman (electrical engineering) at Stanford University encouraged many of his graduate students to use their good ideas to start companies, rather than work for other people. So electronic company after electronic company started up in the region until the valley stopped being known as “Valley of the Heart’s Delight” and became known as “Silicon Valley.”

The innovations and entrepreneurship of these two young men is exactly what is needed to transform the space business from the slow moving industry that it is today to the fast-paced high-tech industry that it should be.

I am especially glad to read that they are turning their talents to their next product. That’s the way to stay fresh, innovative, and ahead of the competition.

By: wodun

wodun — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:33:26 +0000

In reply to Blair Ivey. I like how you put that. Thank goodness we have people who like to work in shops and garages.

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:36:01 +0000

1957: First artifcial satellite launched. It takes the resources of a large industrial power to accomplish.

2014: Two twenty-something private citizens mass-produce artificial satellites.

Breathtaking.