26 Sep
2012
26 Sep
'12
9:21 a.m.
At 06:04 PM 9/26/2012, Gus 8P6SM wrote:
On 09/26/2012 01:38 AM, Tony Langdon wrote:
And of someone wanted to try out a new propulsion system on a live satellite, I'm sure AMSAT would be more than happy to help with the comms side of things.
One can understand the reluctance to allow an explosive kick-motor on a launch vehicle. But is that the only way?
These days, definitely not, there's a number of different propulsion ideas being researched, and many of them don't involve explosive chemicals.
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