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

[Robert G Oler]

Yikes.  Comes from typing word fill and not paying all that much attention....planting my wife's trees

DEPLOYABLE.  Not deplorable. The editor regrets the error. Robert WB5MZO

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On Jun 2, 2012, at 14:26, pughkeithd at cs.com wrote:

> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 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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