At 06:04 PM 9/26/2012, Gus 8P6SM wrote:
On 09/26/2012 01:38 AM, Tony Langdon wrote:
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.
One can understand the reluctance to allow an explosive kick-motor
on a launch vehicle. But is that the only way?
These days, definitely not, there's a number of different propulsion
ideas being researched, and many of them don't involve explosive chemicals.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
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