Wallops Island Minotaur Launch Includes Satellite Built By Alexandria Students
At around 8:15 p.m., those watching the skies got a glimpse of Minotaur I, a rocket carrying the first-ever satellite designed and built by students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. “A generation ago, this was really science fiction,” said Rohan Punnoose on the morning of the launch. He is one of the students who worked on the project.
“It’s just an unbelievable experience to be part of history…doing something no one has ever done before,” Punnoose said. Read more
There sure is a lot of clutter in space.A digital depiction of the actual number of satellites orbiting the Earth is staggering,and more are put up there every year.Is that wise?
There sure is a lot of clutter in space.A digital depiction of the actual number of satellites orbiting the Earth is staggering,and more are put up there every year.Is that wise?
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