[amsat-bb] Re: QB50 Video

2012-01-14 Thread Greg D.
So, how are they going to compensate for Newton's 3rd Law when ejecting 50 3kg masses, one at a time? Greg KO6TH > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:14:57 + > From: m5...@yahoo.co.uk > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Video > > A visualization of the launch and deployment of 50

[amsat-bb] Re: QB50 Video

2012-01-15 Thread Robert McGwier
Compared to the mass of the mechanism/pod, the satellites are probably insignificant. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Greg D. wrote: > > So, how are they going to compensate for Newton's 3rd Law when ejecting 50 > 3kg masses, one at a time? > > Greg KO6TH > > > > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:1