What happens when Sandy Antunes, a semi-nonfamous science writer slash IT consultant, wants to go into space? 'Project Calliope' is a satellite being launched by this space & music enthusiast on the "TubeSat" platform. It'll be an ionospheric detector transmitting sonifiable data back to Earth for web streaming and remixing. Conceptually, it's a musical instrument in space, played by space rather than just after-the-fact sonified. I like the idea of flying something in space whose purpose is to make music until it dies-- music from science. Read more