Sorry Domenico,
At this point having a "positive meeting" does nothing for P3-E. P5 is only a valid option in the future if it is designed for a moon orbit. The Mars option is an amateur radio user nightmare and ill conceived. Any CubeSat will do more for us than a P5 around Mars because of the hardware requirements for the majority of amateur radio satellite operators. Thanks, but I believe it when I see it and I don't see it and that's why I stopped to support it.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM, i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce" kk5do@amsat.org To: w5ggw@wonderly.org Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:56 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: This Is a HOBBY people
notice how after dominco got this all stired up, he stops participating. cant wait until he funds the launch of a heo for us.
73...bruce
Hi Bruce, KK5DO
Well, AMSAT-DL is working hard to find a possibility to launch P3-E, most likely along with P5.
They recently had a surprisingly positive meeting with the head of DLR and members of their Ministry, another meeting was request by them for next month.
Keep in mind, that it also took more than 10 years to launch P3-D, but indeed it's a long way since AO-40,,,
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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