Agree with all, this is NOT true.
Please read the press release on the new ARISS-USA entity on the ARISS web site www.ariss.org (4th article down). As Dave and others eloquently state, ARISS-USA has a good relationship with AMSAT. In fact, the AMSAT-NA President, several AMSAT-NA senior officers and one of the AMSAT-NA BoD members attended today's Lunar Gateway (AREx, or Amateur Radio Exploration) meeting.
I get this as a digest, so sorry about the delay.
73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS-USA Executive Director AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Taylor [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:33 AM To: Bob Hammond [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS and AMSAT?
That is not true. AMSAT remains a sponsoring partner of the international ARISS working group.
What you might have seen is the announcement that the team of ARISS volunteers in the US has incorporated as a non-profit corporation (ARISS-USA). This was done to allow ARISS to sign agreements (with NASA and others) and seek grants in the ARISS name. In the past, AMSAT has done that in the US on behalf of ARISS. The functional change is that ARISS is assuming for itself some of the tasks that AMSAT has donated in the past. Our working relationship is not changing.
Dave Taylor, W8AAS AMSAT-NA Delegte to ARISS-International
On Jul 16, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB
[email protected] wrote:
Recently, there was mention of AMSAT no longer being welcome in the ISS program. Is that true? Or do I need more coffee this morning?
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