[amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and it's only the first.

[Bruce Perens]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 7:40 PM Joseph Armbruster <
josepharmbruster at gmail.com> wrote:

> If this figure is correct, can ARDC spare another, say... several million
> for a launch for AMSAT?
>

Yeah, probably. One thing you need to be clear about. Everything that ARDC
funds must be Open. It's their rule. So, it's going to need some change in
the direction of AMSAT.

I can't speak for the ARDC guys at all, but I know that some of them have
reason to be upset with AMSAT and have said so. Over misdirected donations,
and some organizational issues, and some of the technical direction, and
definitely that "Open" thing.

I knew this was happening for a long time, and it was always close to my
mind during the election discussion, and I could not talk about it. Now you
might understand more of were I was coming from.

    Thanks

    Bruce