The long scientific life of Kozai ended recently with his death at ~90 years old
Kozai and Lidov proposed a mechanism for why the Luna 3 probe decayed into the Earth's atmosphere when everyone believed it would last "forever".
This same mechanism describes the death of which amateur spacecraft?
Bob N4HY
Wow! Cool. RIP
On Feb 27, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Robert McGwier rwmcgwier@gmail.com wrote:
The long scientific life of Kozai ended recently with his death at ~90 years old
Kozai and Lidov proposed a mechanism for why the Luna 3 probe decayed into the Earth's atmosphere when everyone believed it would last "forever".
This same mechanism describes the death of which amateur spacecraft?
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WB5AAA it is always my fault. We were all ignorant so I am happy to share blame with anyone who wants to step up.
Bob
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Jim Beeson jim@beeson.cc wrote:
Wow! Cool. RIP
On Feb 27, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Robert McGwier rwmcgwier@gmail.com
wrote:
The long scientific life of Kozai ended recently with his death at ~90 years old
Kozai and Lidov proposed a mechanism for why the Luna 3 probe decayed
into
the Earth's atmosphere when everyone believed it would last "forever".
This same mechanism describes the death of which amateur spacecraft?
Bob N4HY _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
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