[amsat-bb] Re: Vega to launch in February

[n0jy at lavabit.com]

I think that the hardware, whether sitting on a shelf or being built, is
rather expensive go around blowing up.  Not to mention the work put into
designing and building the things.

Jerry
N0JY

> Don't
> we have some hardware "sitting on the shelf" that we could offer up to the
> gods of maiden launches??? Like a linear transponder instead of a
> single-channel FM transponder?
>
> John, Amsat-NA LM #2292
> W0JT
>