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.
I can't speak for the ARDC guys at all, but I know that some of them have reason to be upset with AMSAT and have said so. Over misdirected donations, and some organizational issues, and some of the technical direction, and definitely that "Open" thing.
I knew this was happening for a long time, and it was always close to my mind during the election discussion, and I could not talk about it. Now you might understand more of were I was coming from.
Thanks
Bruce