#strand-1

Known as STRaND-1, the British-built spacecraft will be fully controlled by a Google Nexus device during part of its six-month mission in orbit.

Uhm... maybe my post making fun of how we use our smartphones was a tad premature.

I first read about this initiative over a year ago, but sounds like it is very close to completion. The Brits have successfully built a satellite powered by a Google Nexus phone.

This is truly fantastic news and could be one possible direction to achieve inexpensive space exploration. But, the question that keeps bugging me is what kind of data plan are they using? ;)