[amsat-bb] Re: ISS future?

[Joe]

Really!

I'd like to see where in the states solar panels are being made?  Other 
than some new technologies that have just started up, 90% or more and 
I'm thinking 90% is way LOW   anyway panels are made in Japan or China 
right now.

Joe WB9SBD

Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:

>I think you are somewhat misguided if you believe that the US is the only country with satallite communications systems 
>or solar voltaic panel production facilities.
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>Rocky Jones wrote:
>   Most if not all of the major support hardware
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>>(solar arrays etc) are US built and maintained..without US involvement 
>>the TDRSS system disappears for instance..The "bucks" required to 
>>maintain the station are enormous...
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