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nhebb
> NASA will give OreSat a free ride to the International Space Station. From there, it will be shot out of the side of the space station to begin its orbit. OreSat will begin falling back toward Earth, but moving at such a high speed that it will pass some 4,000 times around the globe before it descends and burns up in Earth's denser atmosphere.

Anyone know how they propel it out the side?

mciancia
They use spring. Really, as simple as that

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NanoRacks_CubeSat_Deployer

nhebb
Ah, that makes sense. I figured they wouldn't have anything blasting out of the ISS, so I was wondering if it was some sling shot or mini-trebuchet apparatus.
penagwin
Might be hard to make/use a trebuchet in space ;)

(Or at least low gravity)

nhebb
Yeah, that wasn't that brightest thought I've had. I guess I should have said catapult.
forkandwait
I wonder if Free Geek can refurbish and donate some useful parts?
Rescis
Its good to know my donations would have atleast some purpose.
cosban
I always wonder why articles like this are written from the perspective that things are done to get children/students/people to be interested in space. Perhaps I surround myself by a weird circle of people that are very interested but also lack the immediate opportunity to go do anything about it.

One figure we could look at is sales figures for games like Kerbal Space Program. It was one of the top selling games on Steam and has sold over 2 million copies [1] on that platform alone.

Don't get me wrong, I love that these ventures get media coverage, but I dislike that there is a stigma that people aren't interested in space.

[1]https://steamspy.com/app/220200