On 10/7/2013 2:18 PM, Manfred Mornhinweg wrote:
Jim,
I think this question is kind of mute now with the government shut down.
Do they stop the spacecraft in their orbits while the government remains
shut down? I fear that will be kind of hard to do! :-)
So, the flyby is coming, whether they want it or not! I suppose they can
read out the data from the sat once the politicians have finished
sparring.
When NASA does something with ham radio, it's highly likely that some
ham working at NASA is behind that. I guess he will run the game anyway,
regardless of the politic theater play.
Manfred
These two guys are responsible:
Don Kirchner KD0L, Waves Principal Engineer
William Robison KC0JFQ, Waves Software Engineer
The JUNO mission is managed and operated by JPL in Pasadena and JPL has
not shutdown (yet). It is operated by Caltech under contract with NASA,
so there is some buffering between the shutdown of the government money
spigot and impacts to organizations like JPL which aren't technically
government facilities even though they sort of are (it's complicated).
Both KD0L and KC0JFQ are both with the University of Iowa. They do a lot
of space plasma physics there (in large part I think thanks to the
legacy of James Van Allen). As is often the case NASA missions can be a
collaboration of NASA centers, aerospace industry partners, and academia.
I would be surprised if this activity is disrupted.
73, Mike W4EF.....................
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