College Students Help Develop Small Satellite with Big Plans

Satellites are big. They cost a lot of money. At least that's the impression a couple of University of Maryland-College Park students had when they applied for an internship to help construct a satellite instrument with scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. As the pair quickly discovered, nothing could have been farther from the truth.


"The fact that they exist at all is amazing," said Rowland, who spearheaded the overall effort. "They shouldn't exist."

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