When the AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, its expected lifespan was about five years. The plucky little satellite made it to 1981 when a battery failure caused it …
I work for a lab in the US. We do a lot of things, but among them space and defense. Literal rocket scientists. A lot of old-school hackers. Like not Hollywood movie “hackers”, I mean the type of people that take great pleasure in making something functional out of miscellaneous junk.
Among them, there is a surprisingly large number of licensed hams. Myself included.
Idk where I’m going with this. But there’s an overlap between “space nerds”, “radio nerds”, and “tech macgyvers”, so they find a way.
I work for a lab in the US. We do a lot of things, but among them space and defense. Literal rocket scientists. A lot of old-school hackers. Like not Hollywood movie “hackers”, I mean the type of people that take great pleasure in making something functional out of miscellaneous junk.
Among them, there is a surprisingly large number of licensed hams. Myself included.
Idk where I’m going with this. But there’s an overlap between “space nerds”, “radio nerds”, and “tech macgyvers”, so they find a way.