At 09:33 AM 11/30/2011, Bob- W7LRD wrote:

Cool George! it's not the building and concepts that's difficult. It's getting the damn things up there. We should have a division of AMSAT that does rockets, and launch our own. Like my Dad told me,

Or get in league with an amateur rocketry group with a leaning towards space rocketry. :) - We build 'em, you launch 'em. :) Seriously though, orbital launches of any description would be a tall order for any amateur group, given the fuel costs alone required to launch a useful payload to even LEO, let alone GTO. Still, we do have one advantage over the commercial guys - most of our payloads are small and lightweight.

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