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New Objective Unlocked: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space
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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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What’s meshtastic?
Community driven decentralized radio frequency communications network. Some state populations have started using it in-large for emergency comms in case of severe weather knocking out power. Some people just use it because it’s like $50 to build a node yourself and get into the cool hobby.
https://meshtastic.org/
That sounds really cool actually. Does it require special licensing like ham radio does?
it does not require a license!