[amsat-bb] Foolishness

[Steve Conklin]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 8:39 AM Rich Gopstein via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I'm guessing it's more complex than that.  I suspect this is really about
> ORI and trying to get AMSAT to outsource their satellite engineering to
> ORI.  MIchelle Thompson is the CEO of ORI...
>
>
This is completely baseless.

I am an officer for ORI, and the projects that ORI is pursuing are almost
completely independent of AMSAT. ORI's space-related projects are focused
on digital mode microwave technologies, an emerging set of technologies
that AMSAT has not shown any substantial interest in or development for.
The current ORI project work for possible future space missions are
primarily for Lunar Gateway, which AMSAT has not expressed any interest in.

ORI has already produced open-source project outcomes which contribute to
both space-based and terrestrial experimentation and use cases.

All this is easily discoverable, because ORI has been transparent with both
their funding and engineering. Here's an update from last month.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFYdNJbECA

Steve Conklin AI4QR