If it's a matter of getting it assembled cheaply then send me...I'll go. I've built plenty of Heathkit and Elecraft equipment and last summer I changed the brake pads on my Toyota, so I'm feeling pretty certain I can handle the work. The only problem is I don't have much vacation time built up, so they would have to send me up on a Friday afternoon and I would have to be back home Sunday evening. Otherwise my boss won't be too happy! If they could land the Soyuz spacecraft somewhere near Toronto I could take a cab the rest of the way home!
I'm probably a 2XL in a spacesuit.
Ready any time!
73,
Ken Alexander VE3HLS
On 2016-06-17 3:09 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
If we could afford to pay astronauts to assemble a HEO, then we could afford to launch six of them to GTO without bothering.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE kevin@eaglecreekobservatory.org wrote:
I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized. Given that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one. I'm sure that someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas dusted off... It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be launched. Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
Kevin, WB5RUE I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM To: amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
73s Bob
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