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Old January 24th 09, 02:12 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default Manned COMSAT in GEO

It would have been a real bitch to get crew and supplies to this thing:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/22/its-new-4/
Thank God for miniaturized electronics.
Notice anything missing?
The station has no obvious means of generating electrical power (I
assume the dishes are uplink-downlink communication arrays, not solar
collectors, although they do seem to be pointing toward the Sun).


Pat
 




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