I've dreamed of using decomissioned ICBMs for LEO work for 25 years. The
small throw weight capacity of so many of them was a no-starter for most of
this time. But it seems like the steady miniaturization of satellite
hardware might just cross the line of the capacity of many of these birds at
some point. And the market for having LOTS of transponders in LEO now seems
to have arrived or be about to (so long as you have a marketing plan BEFORE
you launch them . . .)
Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<gburch@lockeliddell.com>
Attorney ::: Vice President, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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"We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know
enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another
question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species."
-- Desmond Morris
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