When I said failure of Yuri's night I was speaking solely of ARISSat's role in it.
John
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Clint Bradford clintbrad4d@earthlink.netwrote:
... the failure of Yuri's Night ...
Huh?
Yuri's Night was a wildly successful event - with gatherings on every continent of the planet. Tell any of the 28 people who attended my Yuri's Night party of a "failure," and they'll each be able to properly educate you as to what Yuri's Night was all about.
Only a few of my attendees were hams. But everyone received handouts and watched NASA and Russian videos and had a marvelous time - while being educated as to the past, present, and future of space exploration.
No - We didn't have our new ham satellite to work that night. But to call Yuri's Night a "failure" is quite wrong - as would attendees of more than 550 parties in 75 countries across seven continents will tell you. No "failure" occurred on the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight - only educational opportunities, camaraderie, and knowledge was shared among thousands.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
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