To me this is a huge reason for AMSAT to embrace open source. It looks like there is a path through the ITAR/EAR limitation. ARDC has greater than $50 million and plan to give away 5% a year from what I read. That's $2.5 million a year for 20 years. There is plenty of time for AMSAT to figure out how to go all open source and win grants.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 22:55 Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 7:40 PM Joseph Armbruster < josepharmbruster@gmail.com> wrote:
If this figure is correct, can ARDC spare another, say... several million for a launch for AMSAT?
Yeah, probably. One thing you need to be clear about. Everything that ARDC funds must be Open. It's their rule. So, it's going to need some change in the direction of AMSAT.