Robert,
First, these were cubesats and pocketsats, not big expensive commercial communication satellites. There was one that was once built for $50. Have you priced a ride to space for a satellite? We will happily build and throw away a few satellites as a necessary risk to get that ride for free or cheap.
Thanks
Bruce
On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 5:09 PM Richard Tejera saguaroastro@cox.net wrote:
Robert, yes & Yes.
Rick K7TEJ
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From: Robert Coppock Sent: Sunday, September 5, 2021 17:07 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] firefly rocket #1
i need to aask why they would put all that payload on an untested first time rocket ?
were the customers (free apparently) aware of the fact that it was rocket #1 ?
what was the urgency ?
not trying to ruffle feathers, but this makes no sense.
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