Going to the moon is now possible.
With nasa now planning on landers and rovers, etc. it maybe be possible to piggy back on one of thoes rockets and get a free ride and free power and maybe reuse existing nasa antennas.
The last time i checked the power source was not defined for the landers. that is one of the key issues.
Next, we need to find the schematics for AO-13 dust them off and build the same transponers. We need to keep it simple, none of this digital radio stuff, just a simple mode B transponers. Need something that can be thrown together in less than 12 months and easily duplicated.\ A digital system would take 10 years and 10 million to develop (remember ao-40, 10 years and 3+ million).
Any clubs out there have the prints and want to submit the ao-13 transponer to be tide to a lander on the Moon?
wf1f, Miles
--- Eric Fort eric.fort@gmail.com wrote:
There is currently 30 million USD on the table for the first privately funded venture to return to the moon, rover 500 meters, and send back a mooncast (about a GB of data) Would AMSAT like to be involved in this? A transponder on OSCAR 0 with enough bandwith for video has possibilities and the 30 million could provide a nice subsidy, or we could partner with one of the competetors for a low cost/free ride in exchange for ??. What do those on the BB think? see http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/for details. amsat-dl is headed to mars, and the moon seems easier, not to mention the prize funding on the table. OSCAR 0 could use an upgrade, Let's do it!
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