By usher in he was clearly referring to gaining technical abilities as a group to attack more complex satellites.
On Monday, July 21, 2014, Phil Karn <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/21/2014 05:36 PM, Clayton Coleman wrote: > > > It's very easy to be a pessimist or a cynic. Very little risk is > > involved. It doesn't take any cojones to sit in a comfy chair and > > email snarky comments. If you are optimistic about a project and it > > fails, your peers may see your actions as a fool. > > I absolutely agree, but I must ask you about something you said earlier: > > > I am pleased that AMSAT-NA is going to move forward with a LEO > > CubeSat, single channel, analog FM transponder. If successful, it > > will be immensely popular worldwide. My hope is that it will help > > usher in a new, improved series of satellites with more advanced > > payloads. > > I'm confused. My understanding of the idiomatic expression "usher in" is > that something new and presumably revolutionary is being introduced, > e.g., to "usher in a new era". > > What, exactly, will a new LEO, single channel, analog FM transponder > satellite "usher in" that none of the previous LEO, single channel, > analog FM satellites managed to usher in? > > Will the tiny cubesat form factor (to which we've been relegated by the > intense competition for launches from the small satellite revolution we > pioneered) make the difference this time? If not, what will? > > The most common argument I've seen for launching more analog FM LEO > satellites is that they are needed to replace existing analog FM LEO > satellites that are now failing. Is that "ushering in" something new? > > --Phil > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected] <javascript:;>. 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
