[amsat-bb] Yoshihide Kozai

[Jim Beeson]

Wow! Cool. RIP



> On Feb 27, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The long scientific life of Kozai ended recently with his death at ~90
> years old
> 
> Kozai and Lidov proposed a mechanism for why the Luna 3 probe decayed into
> the Earth's atmosphere when everyone believed it would last "forever".
> 
> This same mechanism describes the death of which amateur spacecraft?
> 
> Bob
> N4HY
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