[amsat-bb] ANS-239 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2012-08-25 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-239 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communica

[amsat-bb] Re: Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

2012-08-25 Thread Larry Gerhardstein
With no aggressive U.S. long range outer space plan in sight, with the passing of autronaut Neil Armstrong, this is truly a sad day. Who will be the next to walk in his boots? An American? Only providence knows. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinio

[amsat-bb] Re: Neil Armstrong

2012-08-25 Thread B J
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstrong-dies-first-man-on-moon.htmll http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-is-dead-at-82.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL On 8/25/12, Jeffrey Koehler wrote: > From CBS News' Bill Har

[amsat-bb] Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

2012-08-25 Thread Alan P. Biddle
One of the real pioneers has passed: http://preview.tinyurl.com/9e722fo Alan --- Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get. Robert A. Heinlein ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] Neil Armstrong

2012-08-25 Thread Jeffrey Koehler
>From CBS News' Bill Harwood 03:20 PM EDT, 08/25/12 ADVISORY: Neil Armstrong, first man on moon, dies at 82 By WILLIAM HARWOOD CBS News Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon and an enduring icon of the space age and America's greatest technological triumph, died Saturday, multiple

[amsat-bb] 14099 kHz CPUT CubeSat to launch in November

2012-08-25 Thread Trevor .
The amateur radio CubeSat designed and built by students at the Cape Peninsular University of Technology in Bellville will be launched towards the end of November. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9891 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] IARU Satellite Forum + SkyCube & 915 MHz CubeSat Ground Station Network

2012-08-25 Thread Trevor .
The IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum will this year be held in conjunction with the AMSAT-UK Colloquium which takes place in Guildford, England on the weekend of September 15-16. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9862 -- The Huffington Post reports on the imaging CubeSat SkyCube th