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Inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world

Tim Harford introduces inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world

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Satellites were once the length of a bus. Now they’re roughly the size of a Beanie Baby.

Satellites used to be the length of a bus. Now they’re the size of a Beanie Baby. But how are CubeSats changing the way we use space – and the way economics itself is done?

Satelites used to weigh several tonnes and be as long as a bus. Now they’re closer to the size of a Beanie Baby. In fact, as Tim Harford explains, the new microsatellites were originally a student engineering challenge: design a satellite that can fit into a Beanie Baby box. So how are these CubeSats changing the way we use space? And how are they changing the way economics itself is done?

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More inventions, ideas and innovations that helped to create the modern economic world.

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