PROPOSAL FOR AN AMSAT SATELLITE WITH A ROBOT FOR REPAIR OF THE SATELLITE

摘要

I have a deep interest in all things technological and I would like to participate withAMSAT with its future projects, in whatever way that I can.Let me share an idea, and let me introduce the idea with a few comments.Amateur radio has always been in the forefront of technology. Notable advances includeshort wave radio, single sideband, and of course AMSAT. But what have we done latelythat has been a quantum leap past current technology?Before I propose an answer to that question, let me remind everyone regarding last year’sshuttle tragedy and the problems that arose in the aftermath. For example, neededmaintenance to the Hubble telescope will be forgone. Less devastating but affectingamateurs are the AO-40 problems.