[amsat-bb] Re: Fermi Avoids Near Miss In Orbit

2013-05-02 Thread M5AKA
--- On Thu, 2/5/13, Greg D ko6th.g...@gmail.com wrote: Um, the dates in the article are from 2012 (that be last year).  Interesting stuff, but why is NASA posting it now? Perhaps they are lobbying for funding for a debris mitigation program ? 73 Trevor M5AKA

[amsat-bb] Re: Fermi Avoids Near Miss In Orbit

2013-05-01 Thread Greg D
Um, the dates in the article are from 2012 (that be last year). Interesting stuff, but why is NASA posting it now? Greg KO6TH B J wrote: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/bullet-dodge.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: Fermi Avoids Near Miss In Orbit

2013-05-01 Thread B J
On 5/2/13, Greg D ko6th.g...@gmail.com wrote: Um, the dates in the article are from 2012 (that be last year). Interesting stuff, but why is NASA posting it now? Perhaps, for some reason, the incident was couldn't be publicized until now. Also, in several of the space-related newsfeeds that I