Editing 2002 (section)

=== Technology ===
{{See also|2002 in spaceflight}}
[[File:2002 Toyota Prius (3).jpg|thumb|A 2002 [[Toyota Prius]]]]
There were 61 successful and four failed space launches in 2002. [[NASA]] launches included the [[Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager]], the [[Aqua (satellite)|Aqua]] research satellite, and a [[Polar Operational Environmental Satellites|Polar Operational Environmental Satellite]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA - Space Flight 2002 - The Year in Review |url=https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/2002/index.html |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=NASA |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330071710/https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/2002/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[CONTOUR]] probe was put into orbit on July 3 but lost when activated on August 15.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=267}} The [[European Space Agency]] launched the [[Meteosat 8]] satellite in August and the [[INTEGRAL]] observatory in October. It also saw the launch of the [[Envisat]] satellite.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|pages=453–454}} China launched the ''[[Shenzhou 3]]'' and ''[[Shenzhou 4]]'' missions in March and December, respectively.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=454}} Russia sent the second ever space tourist, [[Mark Shuttleworth]], into space.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=453}} The creation of the [[International Space Station]] remained the largest focus of global space programs, but its development was halted for several months after potentially deadly cracks were found on several [[space shuttles]].<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=266}}

The [[open-source-software movement]] saw growth throughout the year, in part because of Microsoft's success in avoiding tighter regulations in court.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=458}} China blocked [[Google Search]] and [[AltaVista]] in August,<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=233}} provoking a [[hacktivist]] movement in the United States that worked to circumvent such restrictions in authoritarian nations.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=175}} Some parts of Google were restored on September 12.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=233}} New developments in [[peer-to-peer]] sharing allowed decentralized [[file sharing]] between computers, causing a proliferation of [[online piracy]]. [[Blogging]] also became a common practice in 2002.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=460}} [[Klez]] was a [[computer worm]] that spread extensively in 2002 before public awareness limited its effectiveness.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=175}} [[Hybrid vehicle]]s first saw widespread popularity in 2002.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|pages=94–95}}