[amsat-bb] Jim Benson

Dear friends,

Spacedev announced that founder Jim Benson died yesterday. He was 63. Some of you may remember him from the 1999 AMSAT Space Symposium where he was the guest speaker at the banquet.

Spacedev provided several components of the rocket motor used on SpaceShipOne to win the Ansari X Prize on October 4, 2004 (the 47th anniversary of Sputnik 1.)

For more information, please see www.spacedev.com

73, Tony AA2TX