29 Jul
2009
29 Jul
'09
9:56 p.m.
It has about a million killowatt hours of expendable batteries to keep it going for a year or more. The sphere is solid metal because the entire satellite is built inside the antenna.
Joe wrote:
Ok,
The next question is then,, WHY? when all we ever hear all the time is Bitch ,, Bitch,, BITCH,,, about the high cost per pound to get something into orbit?
Here again, instead of thick shell, why not pack in some useful electronics?
DUH?