Today’s smartphone has many times the processing power of all the used computers during the Apollo moon landings. So why not use the smartphone to control a spacecraft? That’s the approach NASA is taking in latest project, which uses off-the-shelf to electronics, including a Nexus One Android(s goog) phone, in the construction of a new nanosatellite.
Called PhoneSat 1.0, the 4-inch cube is the prototype for what NASA hopes will be a fleet of miniature orbiters that can each be built for less than $3500 in materials.
