OK Margaret, I stand corrected, Canada participated.
My point was that it was earlier US Funded vehicles that launched many AMSAT Satellites. Consider AO-7 still in use by the AMSAT community at large launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base along with other government payloads.
I just bristle when certain folks decide to proclaim that AMSAT-NA should be neutral, in terms of any "official" military sanctioned participation. My point is that our hobby that has brought enjoyment for most of us probably wouldn't exist if it hadn't been for the US and Russian military.
Folks just need to get beyond their personal bigotry towards any synergies we can benefit from as a result of military involvement.
- Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Leber" maggie@voicenet.com To: "Joe Westbrook" k7zt@suddenlink.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:10 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ... US military operations [slightly OT]
On 2/17/07, Joe Westbrook k7zt@suddenlink.net wrote:
I don't see Canada putting up any money to support space exploration. Your right, this BB isn't moderated so all dissenting views can be expressed.
That a forum is unmoderated does not mean it's available to all for whatever lunatic propaganda suits them.
But it's entirely untrue that Canada doesn't support space exploration; you need look no further than the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (Canadarm 1) or the Space Station Remote Manipulator, Mobile Base and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Canadarm 2) for counterexamples.
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