Re: [amsat-bb] go ahead for P3-E and P5-A

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Right on Richard!! or is it Rock On Richard....either way----Cliff K7RR

Richard W L Limebear wrote:
> 
>  "Robert Oler" writes:
> 
> > So the big day occurs...liftoff.  Good so far.  Then the bird tries the
> > injection into solar orbit....bang.
> >
> > What would this say about Ham radio?
> 
> What did that first ever US rocket launch, the one that ended in a ball of
> flame (was it Vanguard ?), say about the US ?
> 
> What did the death of a schoolteacher on shuttle Challenger say about NASA ?
> 
> They said the US tries (and publicly, rather than in secret like some of the
> other old regimes). Should we be any different ? I say its better to try and
> fail than never to take that step forward.
> 
> If those veterans, a long time ago, didn't want to risk failure in making
> flying machines then you wouldn't be able to take out that plane you often
> mention.
> 
> BTW:
> > I've never really read a good "what
> > went wrong with the process" explanation. None of the propulsive systems on
> > the bird have approached "success" (the resistojet thing was a total
> > bomb...its not just that it never resistoed its that they lost control over
> > it).
> 
> The main motor problem was, what we call over here, a cock-up. I don't need
> the name of the person/persons who missed this necessity; s--t happens. It
> deeply concerns me that there appears to be a new, undeclared, war looming
> between AMSAT-NA and Amsat-DL and the motors appear to be part of the cause;
> its not even known if the error was by one particular individual, let alone
> their nationality. Everyone loses out when these things happen.
> 
> And DB2OS said at last weekend's Amsat-UK Colloquium that the owners of ATOS
> considered their part of the mission a success inasmuch as it identified a
> problem for them.
> 
> Since you posted your comments to amsat-bb as well as direct, I am doing the
> same.
> 
> Declaration:
> I am a member of Amsat-UK BOD. The above comments do not necessarily represent
> the thinking of Amsat-UK as a whole.
> 
> 73
> Richard W L Limebear G3RWL
> g3rwl@amsat.org
> FOC # 1188
> 
>           So many beautiful girls ..... (sob) so little time
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