Yes Domenico,
You are correct. However, that particular ESA proposal is not about putting it into orbit. It is an opportunity to have a payload placed on the moon. Once ESA has a proposal to put something into orbit, by all means.
Hope this helps,
Stefan
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:31 AM, i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:
Hi Stefan, VE4NSA
It does not make sense to put a transponder on the Moon just for the simple reason that it's much more, simple and cheap to put it into earth orbit.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Wagener" wageners@gmail.com To: "Amsat - BBs" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:06 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] European Lunar Lander - Call for Declarations of Interest
ESA has posted a very unique opportunity:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/HSF_Research/SEMGUMZWD2H_2.html
Wouldn't it be great if the key AMSAT organizations put a proposal
together
to put a ham radio transponder on the moon. It can have all the cool educational outreach and training opportunities associated with it. Let's encourage the AMSAT leadership teams to move quickly. We can do it, don't you think?
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