Trevor,
At first I thought this could be a winner - then I read the solicitation details.
In para 4.1 NASA says" NOTE: NASA does not foresee providing direct funding to the universities or partners." and in para 4.2 "University Teams Would Provide
* Launch Opportunity including launch vehicle and integration, and insurance"
So I haven't found the good part yet.
I don't see why any University would go after this one unless they have really, really big bucks lying about.
What did I miss??
Regards...Bill - N6GHz
Trevor wrote:
--- On Wed, 2/7/08, Dave hartzell hartzell@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25839 http://asmo.arc.nasa.gov/
Wouldn't it be fun to have a transponder on this! ;-)
Fun yes, but dare I say it, a waste of precious Volunteer resources.
All lunar orbits are inherently unstable and will impact after a couple of years. The link budget requirements would not attract a mass user base.
I suspect the number of Technically Capable volunteers is already being thinly stretched in trying to provide both the primary objective Phase-IV Lite (funded by Federal Government dollars) and the secondary objective the Eagle HEO.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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