Student satellites date back to INJUN-1, developed in the early 60s by students under the supervision of Dr. James Van Allen. As this excellent post by science journalist David Chandler notes, though, there are more student programs and related investigations today than ever before. From the now-ubiquitous Cubesats to NASA Ames' American Student Moon Orbiter, students have never had more opportunities for hands-on design, building, and operation of spacecraft.
Thanks for the nice mention. But since there's no web link here, or the name of the blog, people might have a hard time finding the item you're referring to, so I just thought I'd provide the link. The blog is called Next Generation, on the Discovery Channel's Space site, at:
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David Chandler
Thanks, David, but there is indeed a link... just click the title of the posting :)
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