[TriLUG] OT: shuttle launch & need C-Band digital satellite downlink

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> The risks are worth it if they produce knowledge.

I was a regular academic researcher for 30yrs. For all the 
billions of dollars spent on the space program, I rarely saw 
a paper published. In the '50's and '60's I'd keep an eye 
out for the results of experiments from new satellites but 
never saw anything. In my area, biochemistry, for that 
amount of money (each shuttle launch is about 0.5G$), you'd 
be filling half of any journal.

The ISS is just there to give the shuttle something to do. 
Presumably they'll find out again what the Russian's learned 
about living in space from Mir.

Joe
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