[amsat-bb] Re: European Lunar Lander - Call for Declarations of Interest

[pughkeithd at cs.com]

Do you really mean a "deplorable" antenna?

73 - Keith, W5IU


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert G Oler <orbitjet at hotmail.com>
To: i8cvs <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it>
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 1:44 pm
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: European Lunar Lander - Call for Declarations of Interest


It is to bad that the concentration couldn't be on something clever that would 
earn us some mass for a transponder. Like say some sort antenna that is 
deplorable and would massively increase the data rates.. Like an inflatable. 
Robert WB5MZO

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On May 31, 2012, at 12:46, "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it> wrote:

> Hi Stefan, VE4NSA
> 
> I believe that ESA is interested to have a payload placed on the moon only to 
make important and particular experiments that are impossible to manage to put 
something into earth orbit.
> 
> The capability of an Amateur Radio transponder to communicate between us or 
for educational outreach and training opportunities associated with it can be 
experimented even placing a transponder on earth orbit or on top of a hill.
> 
> As you realize for the moment ESA seems to be not to much interested on 
satellite amateur radio P3E and scientific probe P5A to Mars,figure out to place 
an amateur radio transponder on the Moon.
> 
> 73" de 
> 
> i8CVS Domenico
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Stefan Wagener 
>  To: i8cvs 
>  Cc: Amsat - BBs 
>  Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:48 PM
>  Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] European Lunar Lander - Call for Declarations of 
Interest
> 
> 
>  Yes Domenico, 
> 
> 
>  You are correct. However, that particular ESA proposal is not about putting 
it into orbit. It is an opportunity to have a payload placed on the moon. Once 
ESA has a proposal to put something into orbit, by all means. 
> 
> 
>  Hope this helps,
> 
> 
>  Stefan
> 
> 
>  On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:31 AM, i8cvs <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it> wrote:
> 
>    Hi Stefan, VE4NSA
> 
>    It does not make sense to put a transponder on the Moon just for the simple
>    reason that it's much more, simple and cheap to put it into earth orbit.
> 
>    73" de
> 
>    i8CVS Domenico
> 
> 
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: "Stefan Wagener" <wageners at gmail.com>
>    To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> 
>    Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:06 AM
>    Subject: [amsat-bb] European Lunar Lander - Call for Declarations of
>    Interest
> 
> 
> 
>> ESA has posted a very unique opportunity:
>> 
>> http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/HSF_Research/SEMGUMZWD2H_2.html
>> 
>> Wouldn't it be great if the key AMSAT organizations put a proposal
>    together
>> to put a ham radio transponder on the moon. It can have all the cool
>> educational outreach and training opportunities associated with it. Let's
>> encourage the AMSAT leadership teams to move quickly. We can do it, don't
>> you think?
>> 
>> Stefan VE4NSA
> 
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