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 After 3 years’ research and one year’s satellite engineer experience, I found possibility of launching and operating personal satellite with fairly reasonable price. And having been lived as artist for 5 years, I could also find ways to integrate the satellite project into cultural context-open source and art.

I & Universe So far, almost all space programs were led by government or military. And very little were initiated by amateurs. Individual fantasies were used and fostered by institutions. It’s time to have a private connection between I and universe. By doing this, we can think about our existence more often, I believe.

Unpractical Technology When space program is personally used, it might not be as useful as institutional ones. But that does not mean private space program is less important than institutional one. Realizing fantasy and dreaming of another fantasy is as valuable as practical and scientific missions and probably even more to some people.

Collaborative Fantasy I haven’t seen fantasies being realized these days. Probably this is because the era we live in. To realize the project, helps from artists and passionate amateurs are needed. We’ve seen examples of collaborative intelligences and it’s time to build fantasies together. Soon we can buy 200$ satellite at a store and will wait it to be launched.

Very Kind Open Source ™ What is going to happen when secret technologies are open sourced? Are we going to see boomerang effect like Titanic incident that led governmental radio frequency domination? By providing very kind instructions to build a satellite, I want to bring up a series of questions.

Open Source Satellite Initiative | http://opensat.cc Song hojun 2009

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