On 05/09/12 19:38, John Becker wrote:
At 12:37 PM 9/5/2012, you wrote:
I am resigned to the fact we will in all probability never see another AO-40
(sobsob)
And the reason your thinking that is?
Cost, most likely. None of the "developed" nations have an experimental
space programme where we can squeeze a big heavy satellite into a
vehicle and hitch-hike to high-Earth orbit any more.
If you want to have so much as a *chance* of getting stuff to HEO, get
onto some of the developing countries and see what you can do for their
space programme. Iran is probably a good bet.
--
Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ
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