Buy This Satellite, Provide Free Internet
So how does a philanthropist sidestep the massive expense of building and launching a satellite that can beam Internet to remote regions of the world? You wait for a company to go bankrupt, then you buy their brand new communications satellite already in orbit on the cheap.
At least, that’s the idea. A philanthropic group called Ahumanright.org (universal Internet is that human right) has launched a site called “Buy This Satellite” that aims to raise $150,000 to bid for Terrastar-1, a school-bus-sized satellite launched in 2008.
