Re: [psas-avionics] TubeSat

2009-08-04 Thread Barton C Massey
Hadn't seen it. Thanks much for the link! Have to admit that I'm a little skeptical--$240,000 per launch isn't very much to put a bunch of mass in LEO. But who knows; things have gotten a lot cheaper lately. I've forwarded this to the PSAS folks; we'll see what they say about it. Maybe we'll

Re: [psas-avionics] TubeSat

2009-08-04 Thread Ian Osgood
This appears to be another attempt at OTRAG's mass-produced modular rocket model. Although they have pictures of manufactured tanks, I have yet to hear that they have test fired any motors. This kind of announcement is more to generate hype than anything else. Best of luck to them