[amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 (was Don't Fly SuitSat2 to ISS (rebuttal))

[Dave Donaldson]

A couple of responses come to mind NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR 
(sorry for yelling)

1) If ham's left AMSAT because of AO-40 failure we cannot do anything 
about that.  That was their choice.  We need to be thankful for the  
many who  have  stayed with their talent and $.
2) Remember NASA's recent failed flights to mars a few years ago.  How 
about the one that failed because of the feet to meter conversion 
problem.  Failure is a fact of life.  We are humans, we fail.  We learn 
from the past and move on.  Having been an engineer who was accused of 
failing on a big project I can tell you it can happen to you (the 
collective you).  It's life.  Unless we have ALL the information from 
the post failure investigation (which I suspect we don't) since we 
cannot draw firm conclusions.  Seem the current documentation quoted was 
a little fuzzy.
3) I think SuitSat2 is a great place to test hardware and have fun while 
it lasts.  Thank you Russia for working with us, wish our government 
worked with us (I know why they can't).  I can say that I worked through 
a hand launched
4) This has been a good discussion to follow.

73 to all
Dave
WB7DRU



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