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BBC News - Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship
lol, this is pretty awesome. I don't know if it's truly possible or not, but I wish them all the best. SOPA is bad news.
Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors be putting their own communication satellites into orbit. The scheme was outlined at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. The project's organisers said the Hackerspace Global Grid will also involve developing a grid of ground stations to track and communicate with the satellites.
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He cited the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) in the United States as an example of the kind of threat facing online freedom. If passed, the act would allow for some sites to be blocked on copyright grounds.
Whereas past space missions have almost all been the preserve of national agencies and large companies, amateur enthusiasts have in recent years sent a few payloads into orbit.
These devices have mostly been sent up using balloons and are tricky to pinpoint precisely from the ground.
lol, this is pretty awesome. I don't know if it's truly possible or not, but I wish them all the best. SOPA is bad news.