Crowdfunding push to bring 36-year old spacecraft out of retirement

Putting classic cars on the road or classic boats on the water isn’t that odd, but what about putting a classic spacecraft back into service? The ISEE-3 Reboot Project is a crowdfunding effort aimed at reactivating a comet-chasing space probe launched in the 1970s. Using a radio telescope and a software emulator of the original control equipment to contact and reactivate the hibernating unmanned probe, the hope is to use the International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) to conduct a privately funded mission to fly by a comet. .. Continue Reading Crowdfunding push to bring 36-year old spacecraft out of retirement



Section: Space



Tags: Crowdfunding, ISEE-3, NASA, Spacecraft, Unmanned



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