[amsat-bb] GeoSat OSCAR-2024 Positive comments, no whining....(Was need HEO..please..)

[Daniel Schultz]

"I would rather motivate the folks I vote for! They have far better
credentials than I!"

The only credential you need to work for AMSAT is a willingness to work your
ass off. The board members and other volunteers already have much more
motivation than the people who shout their suggestions from the sidelines but
don't want to roll up their sleeves and get to work.

"Commercial entities gaining recognition by providing in-kind services. Elon
Musk SpaceX, etc."

I get a weird sort of chuckle from the people who think the only reason we
haven't gotten a free launch from Space-X is because we haven't offered Elon a
free AMSAT tee shirt. It sort of reminds me of a six year old child who makes
an obvious suggestion and smiles as if he was the first person in the history
of the world to think of it. Elon already has about as much recognition as he
will ever need, and he is busy launching astronauts to the ISS and putting
30,000 satellites in orbit so everybody can access Facebook. (by my
calculation, with 58 satellites per launch it will only take 517 Falcon
launches to populate a 30,000 piece constellation). We need to come up with a
compelling answer to the rest of the world when they ask "why do you need to
use your ham radio when you could just use a cellphone or the internet to
communicate?" 

Dan Schultz N8FGV 
I really should refrain from making postings at 2:00am but sometimes I just
can't help it.