12 Sep
2006
12 Sep
'06
6:11 a.m.
On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 22:35 -0400, Jim Sanford wrote:
I see this as no cost, huge gain in both perceptions and capability.
While I know exactly what you mean, I really can't let "no cost" go by without comment. Of course there's a cost, in at least antenna real estate, power, mass, and logistical complexity both before and after launch.
One of the things we need to remember from the AO-40 experience is the exponential explosion of testing complexity integrating a complex satellite.
73 - Bdale, KB0G