Engineering topics
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CubeSats are small satellites often used for university research. • However, entities like NASA are starting to look to CubeSats for interplanetary missions. • Their standardized form makes them economical and therefore desirable.
CubeSats are a standardized size of satellite. Used by elementary schools, universities, and hobbyists alike. CubeSats have made space exploration and research accessible to the general population. Utilizing CubeSats it is possible to make deep space exploration accessible as well. Using a flight path that takes advantage of gravitational assists and flybys we can use many forms of propulsion to get to Jupiter. However, to get farther nuclear power and propulsion can be utilized to bus hundreds of CubeSats at a time to interplanetary space. This craft is known as a Star Truck. The Star Truck will make interplanetary space assessable to the common man.