Robert WB5MZO > Are the people who are suppose to be the experts in building state of the art > satellites so thin skinned that a bulletin board > slows their progress? LOL
I want to remind you each and every time you write a message: AMSAT is a volunteer run group of space-craft experimenters sharing a hobby and a purpose: Ham Radio & Education. As you should know there is only one paid employee of AMSAT at the headquarters and everyone else is just a member. With regard to the skill and qualification of the "experts" you refer to in your e-mail, perhaps you have seem to have the expertise of being a cynic and a critic - in addition to being right on everything you say, according to yourself - meanwhile, others are lending their varied expertise in the areas they feel most comfortable electrical, mechanical, thermodynamics, Solar PV etc. etc. and in certain cases, actual donations to fund further R&D at their own cost. I am not sure where you have found any documentation from AMSAT-NA that we have any portion of capability or indeed requirement to build "state of the art satellites". All the bits of stuff that have been incorporated into satellites so far are probably best described as hobby kits or more exactly waste material from other projects. Are you faulting AMSAT members for wanting to work for $0.00 and pursuing a dream of being creative - and to have chance to tell their children, look I built that and it is in Space ? Are you criticizing the current activity and past activity and anything that they may come up with in the future because, according to you, these AMSAT "experts" don't have the right stuff ? Or are you just trying to get noticed ? Ok then, assuming you want the spotlight and are correct in your conviction that you know what you are doing, what is your recommendation for steps going forward ? Put your thinking cap on instead of and submit a development plan that will use the annual dues from about 1900 paying members and organize a working group amongst your friends in the amsat community -- and build -- a satellite -- and launch it into space. Or, you could start a campaign to get votes from the members to become the next President of AMSAT-NA... coming up soon. BTW, you can write off your donation to AMSAT on your taxes, but then you already knew that. Looking forward to reading about your development plans soon. Samudra, N3RDX and S21X _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
