Nativity = autocorrect of "being naive" :) sorry about that On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Bryce Salmi <bstguitar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ao40 was not too complex. I work in the space industry, I've already have > my electronics fly to orbit (not AMSAT), it's awesome and scary all In one. > Watching it launch not too long ago was gut wrenching, the entire system is > complex but I trusted in my testing, I trusted my coworkers testing, and I > trusted that we all worked to do the best we could, if it didn't work and > we knew it wasn't from nativity... I'm fine with that, it's a learning > experience. Anyone willing to operate in space must be willing to accept > defeat. > > we like to refer to space vehicles/missions as binary. It works or it > doesn't, space is unforgiving and by forging into it you must accept > failure as an outcome but do everything to avoid it. There's no shame in > that. It can and will still happen. Only those willing to risk it achieve > what was once thought impossible. > > Having a clear path to get flight heritage on a common design is an > obvious way of mitigating future risk. > > Bryce > Kb1lqc > > On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Phil Karn <k...@ka9q.net > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','k...@ka9q.net');>> wrote: > >> On 07/22/2014 12:26 AM, Bryce Salmi wrote: >> > By usher in he was clearly referring to gaining technical abilities as a >> > group to attack more complex satellites. >> >> That's not how I read it. In any event, AMSAT has already built far more >> complex satellites; remember AO-40? (Maybe that one was *too* complex.) >> >> Quite a few of the older and more experienced technical volunteers have >> simply drifted away from the organization due to a lack of interesting >> current projects. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
