[amsat-bb] GeoSat OSCAR-2024 Positive comments, no whining....(Was need HEO..please..)

Thank you!

"Thank you for the positive thread.

Open Research Institute received news today about an additional $15,000 grant. This will help pay for work on GEO/HEO/Lunar payload transmit chain.

This brings the Phase 1 fundraising total to $65,000.

All of the work product is donated without charge to the general public. This means primarily AMSAT and ARISS/AREx.

ORI has started on Phase 2 fundraising. The goal is $400,000 and will finance multiple end-to-end engineering models.

Phase 3 is space-rated hardware.

Phase 4 is any costs related to any launch.

There is a path forward. Yes it's hard, but it's not impossible. Besides, things worth doing are rarely easy!

-Michelle W5NYV"