Hi,
Since Sept 2009 (when I subscribed to the list) - this thread is most
interesting!
I have great opportunity to help small educational team which is
building 1U cubesat.
And I have to agree 200% with Tony that there is great potential for
ham community in finding space related educational teams in their
countries and help them succeed in their missions.
73 Zilvis
On 2012.09.26 08:38, Tony Langdon wrote:
I see a lot more potential in partnering with the education
community. They're seeking to train aerospace engineers, and perhaps
working with this community - as mentors, given there's a lot of
proven satellite expertise in AMSAT, as well as "clients" (to have
students building to a specification). Amateur radio itself is about
learning - usually self learning, but education would seem to broadly
fall in the learning side of the hobby. Sharing that with industry
and getting working transponders in return would seem like a win-win.
I do think it should be a two way street, AMSAT helps the students and
universities achieve their educational goals, and gets a working bird
in return, once the primary mission is completed. From what was
posted about Fox earlier, that sounds like a good example of this sort
of thing.
And of someone wanted to try out a new propulsion system on a live
satellite, I'm sure AMSAT would be more than happy to help with the
comms side of things.
However, I also understand that times have changed, and I may never
get the opportunity to try working a HEO in my lifetime. I'm not going
to bag AMSAT for that, it's just the way the industry has gone, and
the old launch opportunities have dried up.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
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