4 Sep
2010
4 Sep
'10
9:01 p.m.
Howdy,
This one *might* be carrying Amateur Radio someday: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/61-10r/
GL
73, Guy - W6MSU
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:18:33 -0700 From: Clint Bradford [email protected]
Totally off-topic, but I found it interesting reading ...
A Japanese rocket unfurled a 300-metre-long ribbon in space on Monday, testing technology that could one day allow spacecraft to navigate by surfing Earth's magnetic field.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19393-space-ribbon-deployed-to-surf-ea...
Clint, K6LCS