Re: [amsat-bb] Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Daniel Schultz n8fgv@usa.net wrote:

. 50% of Cubesats are classified as fully or partially successful.

Given that so many are built by people who are *not* *actually* rocket scientists, 50% success seems pretty good. I mean, it's not like there are astronauts on them -- failure can be an option -- but it would be prudent for organizations to keep that 50% thing in mind. Hopefully lessens the disappointment.