13 Dec
2007
13 Dec
'07
9:44 p.m.
It is free to AMSAT-NA. I never said it was free so far as Intelsat is concerned. The funding sources are awaiting Intelsat to give us the bottom line and for us to make a formal request. They do not do hypothetical funding statements.
Bob
sco@sco-inc.com wrote:
so it is not a free ride to space? where does the $6,000,000 dollars come from then?
At 02:20 PM 12/13/2007, you wrote:
sco@sco-inc.com wrote:
I doubt that would ever happen. If I was the CEO of the launch sat i would never let an "amateur" rocket motor hitch a ride on my multi million dollar bird. Just like NASA won't let us do it.
If you can think of a way for us to get from GTO without a motor and fuel then it might happen.
Les W4SCO www.scoincsoftware.com
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