Sample Case: Project Calliope TubeSat-style Picosatellite
I am often asked questions about my musical picosatellite, Project Calliope. Easy questions have concrete answers. “What are your sensors?” I-CubeX magnetic, thermal, light. “What magnetic field is expected?” About 0.3 gauss. “How are you going to distribute the tracks?” As free remixable MIDI files via Web.
Others are either vague or awkward. “When will the satellite be done?” Obviously “by launch.” “What will it sound like?” Whatever the musician wants. “What’s your downlink bandwidth?” It’s shared bandwidth, so I only have estimates.
“I don’t know yet” is a scientist’s favorite phrase. It means we’re in motion and doing cool stuff, with a wide open future ahead. There is no shame in admitting ...
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