The people installing them and safing them and all the other things were mostly not rocket scientist that is why somewhere on AO-40 there is a "remove before flight" what we call in the business "flag" flying RGO
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 22, 2013, at 1:55 AM, "Angus McLeod" <amcl...@caribsurf.com> wrote: > > As far as I know, the kick-motors used on the Phase-3 birds were NOT > cardboard tubes packed with homemade gunpowder. They were commercial grade > motors obtained from the commercial aerospace industry. If I am wrong about > this, and someone can jump in with facts, I'd be glad to hear. > > >> On 09/21/2013 05:48 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:23:29PM +0600, R Oler wrote: >>> While anything is possible I will be very surprised (pleasntly) if there is >>> another amateur radio satellite with a liquid propulsion system that is >>> managed by any amateur group that gets a ride into any sort of HEO transfer >>> orbit.Ion engines might be different but after AO-40 and its propulsion >>> issues the days of amateurs playing with rocket engines on commercial >>> flights I suspect is over. >> This is something I've often wondered about. "Oh hi, commercial rocket >> company, can we stick our homebrewed rocket into your billion dollar >> vehicle?" >> >> When people with more oil than weapons stuff some mix of chemicals into a >> tube and crimp the end shut it's called an Improvised Explosive Device. >> We're supposed to somehow convince someone to let us tack our semitested >> bomb onto their flight? I doubt they're going to go for it... > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
