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From: rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: arrl bulletin nr 81 (ham in space news)
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 19:08:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  1 19:08:35 1984
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qst de k9eui
hr arrl bulletin nr 81  from arrl headquarters
newington ct  september 26, 1984
to all radio amateurs bt

nasa hq. has forwarded to johnson space center, jsc, the  joint
arrl/amsat  proposal  to  have  astronaut  tony england, w0ore,
carry amateur equipment with him in his  flight  scheduled  for
next  april,  see arrl letter volume 3 number 11.  the proposal
has been accepted  philosophically  by  nasa,  jsc  engineering
personnel  must now make technical and feasibility assessments.
arrl expects nasa to send a letter to the two organizations  in
a  few  weeks  informing them of the acceptance contingent upon
the project meeting all nasa technical and operational criteria
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