Regarding the few posts in bad taste. I'm an ex sailor I can handle it
however, this place is not at sea.
With the demise of AO-51 and the yearning for more birds. Do we have a place
where we can actually see (pretty close) how much money is required for what
bird/launch and even "ball park" time frame. From the "outside" looking in it
appears we're simply shoot from the hip. Nothing works better than specific,
concise and honest details be if from AMSAT-NA or our DL friends. I recently
gave a satellite talk and could not give definitive anwers about even the
future out a few years, other than my own hopes and dreams. The university
"beep" boxes we have assisted with are kinda fun, why not hang on a small
transponder from http://www.qsl.net/pe1rah/ . I'd like to see a specific
goal oriented conversation in this direction, that in my opinion provides
direction. With very specific goals we will have direction (money). I know we
have "well connected" people in AMSAT" to the space industry, the devil is in
the details. Now finally where can we find the keps of some of these odd ball
birds like Phobos-Grunt. That thing should be optically visible at the gray
line.
73 Bob
Washingto State AMSAT Coordinator
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