[Ground-station] GEO tests?

[Michelle Thompson]

I’m thinking about privately funding “Rent-a-GEO” and moving forward with
GEO transmission tests for ORI.

This project got turned down for funding by FEMA (very reluctantly) and
ARDC (this was a very painful rejection given the growing QO-100 gap).

But, watching M17 get support from ESA for a more rudimentary and extremely
short test, and getting repeated renewed requests from North America, and
having some sincere energy and offers of real hardware from the for-profit
sector…

Maybe it’s time to simply make it happen, and hope it’s not ruinously
expensive.

Comments and critique? Where else to apply?

Here’s the most recent grant application:
https://www.openresearch.institute/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Rent-a-GEO-Phase-4-Space.pdf

-Michelle W5NYV
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