Howdy,

   This one *might* be carrying Amateur Radio someday:
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/61-10r/

GL

73,
Guy - W6MSU


> Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:18:33 -0700
> From: Clint Bradford <[email protected]>
>
> Totally off-topic, but I found it interesting reading ...
>
> A Japanese rocket unfurled a 300-metre-long ribbon in space on Monday, 
> testing technology that could one day allow spacecraft to 
> navigate by surfing Earth's magnetic field.
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19393-space-ribbon-deployed-to-surf-earths-magnetic-field.html
>
> Clint, K6LCS

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