MIT's Inflatable Antennae Could Boost Small Satellite Communications 52
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coondoggie writes "Researchers at the Massachusetts's Institute of technology say they have developed an antenna for small satellites (known as cubesats) that can fold into a compact space and inflate when in orbit. The inflatable antenna lets a CubeSat transmit data back to Earth at a distance seven times farther than that of existing CubeSat communications."
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Best blow up invention since (Score:4, Funny)
the autopilot [/airplane]