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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Ground-Station <ground-station-bounces@lists.openresearch.institute> on behalf of Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute><br>

<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:56:37 PM<br>

<b>To:</b> Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute><br>

<b>Subject:</b> [Ground-station] GEO tests?</font>

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<div dir="ltr">I’m thinking about privately funding “Rent-a-GEO” and moving forward with GEO transmission tests for ORI.

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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).

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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…<br>

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

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Comments and critique? Where else to apply? <br>

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Here’s the most recent grant application: <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openresearch.institute%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F10%2FRent-a-GEO-Phase-4-Space.pdf&data=04%7C01%7C%7C6317722f7304402f29c608d94bb03498%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637624042441828550%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Gd%2FZxLx7j63lbc3lc0HYFY%2FETLcStlp5bROTM3cYP9o%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.openresearch.institute/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Rent-a-GEO-Phase-4-Space.pdf" shash="yOsX1j1kU6v/zSHGlyDzeBwy3sCR5HVCK+0Ifo/hrsr/U7ZUDQXL0q8DOlvlIGQeRhNtKnechxitWwvTiwDXvBPQTXBG53sDOB17/Qo4WkNZ5tic4cXEqSnkPahX8Gvq7E4UrLODOoBlW6mz0+Y8GhWCebk5KnFQX5SDjw/+k0M=">

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<div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV<br>

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