I stopped reading Scientific American years ago. The quality of the articles dropped, and it took on a decidely political stance on certain subjects. The "old" SA I used to enjoy would *never* have let a mistake like that get into an article! 73, Jim
On 01/20/2011 07:41 AM, Daniel Schultz wrote: > I received the February issue of Scientific American today. On page 48 there > is an article by our own Bob Twiggs titled "Citizen Satellites", concerning > the history and future of Cubesats. It does briefly mention that "scores of > OSCAR communications satellites have been helping ham radio enthusiasts > connect since the early 1960's". > > In the final paragraph it suggests that Cubesats may soon "enable an amateur > presence in space", which may "come sooner rather than later". Boy I sure > can't wait until we amateurs can start to launch our "do-it-yourself > satellites" into space.... > > Dan Schultz N8FGV > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
