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Korean Artist's Intentionally Useless Satellite To Launch This December 151

An anonymous reader quotes the introduction to Inhabit's article on the upcoming launch of an art project cum satellite intended to be as different as possible from conventional space hardware: "South Korean artist Song Hojun has created his own DIY satellite from scratch – and he's planning to launch it into space this coming December. Song created the satellite from assorted junk he found in back-alley electronics stores in his home town of Seoul, and over the course of six years he has finally managed to complete his space-bound project. Song's satellite cost just over $400 to make, however the cost of launching it to space is going to be a lot, lot more – over $100,000."

Comment Re:Ripoff... yes... (Score 1) 442

Actually, it was two things... First, as you noted, it was *intended* to be different enough to shield Marvel/CanWest/Tribune Entertainment from any lawsuit brought by Fox. In this, it was unsuccessful -- At last notice, Tribune settled with Fox & was suing Marvel to re-coup damages.

Second, it was an ego-stroke for the new executives (Avi Arad, primarily) to re-invent the X-Men.

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