On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 05:53 -0700, MM wrote:
Yes Exactly!
We need to form a proposal team that can evaluate the data to find out if an EME-Repeater is viable.
Time is short.
One thing, Miles.
Frank Bauer commented: On another topic, WRT the Lunar ILN, if you read the solicitation, they are discussing *15 kg* payloads. And these need to accomplish some scientific objective to further lunar exploration. Given this, I do not think the ILN is a viable AMSAT project.
What would be the SCIENTIFIC payload that we would be providing?
I know that I mentioned in previous replies that we MIGHT be able to land a chance on something that A government would be doing if we could MAYBE provide a communications package for a craft. Going by Frank's statement and putting it into the context of what we are planning, I would NOT be surprised that we got turned down because we are not prov- iding something that contributes to the SCIENTIFIC nature of the mission. The government probably ALREADY has a contractor to build and provide the communications package(s) for these missions.
Is there anything else that is being proposed that we can get in on the ground floor to provide this knowledge and equipment? I haven't seen anything and personally I didn't even know about the ILN even.
I am NOT trying to be the one to burst the bubble here. This subject HAS been brought up a number of times over the past four years of putt- ing something on the lunar surface. Each time, the answers and suggest- ions have gotten better as we have gotten more people that know what it takes climb on board the discussion. Hopefully this time this discussion will get past just that, discussion, and progress to an Idea of Concept stage that can then be taken to the next step, finding a suitable candi- date for this.
James W8ISS