NAIL: Gentlemen, we have more questions from our viewers, so let's get started.
Our first question for Dr. Stevens is Nigel from Manchester: How did the idea of launching micro-satellites come about?
STEVENS: Well, the idea for, for micro-satellites really came from the NASA road-mapping or science planning for the future,
where it was identified that, that many science investigations would benefit significantly from having multiple
satellites up at the same time to make measurements in the, from different places.
In order to have a cost-effective way to do those missions, the satellites had to be small,
because they could then be launched on a single launch vehicle, thereby reducing the launch cost.
So, as a consequence, this was the focus for the ST5 requirements from NASA.