Re: R: [amsat-bb] AO-7, request for information

[Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxxxxxx>]

> No, Roger the time is now to get policy and some rules in place so this
> never happens again.  We have had chemical timers to put in spacecraft now
> for many many years and they should be in very spacecraft to knock it down
> permanently when it reaches 3 or say 4 times expected life.

I think the original designers had a chemical timer (called a NiCd
battery (they fail short)).  What we are seeing is a failure of the
fail-safe chemical timer design of 27 years ago...  (said mostly
tongue-in-cheek)..

Just a thought...
de WB4APR, Bob


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