Do you mean that maybe Russel could rustle up something? Just kidding. The SpaceMail test on the Young Engineer's Satellite 2 (YES2) might be of interest: http://www.estec.esa.nl/outreach/spacemail/yes2/yes2.htm On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:24:57 -0400, Josh Koffman wrote: > I've always thought that was super cool. Even thugh we're talking > about spy satelites. Anyway, I don't suppose you have any links do you > Dave? I'd love to see some pictures of the apparatus. > > Perhaps Russell can come up with something :) > > Josh > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams > > > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:39:23 -0500, Dave VanHorn wrote: > > It's been done. My father used to work on satellites that kicked out film canisters that were retrieved in mid-air by cargo planes with big "whiskers". > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > -- -Randy Glenn Computer Eng. and Mgt. Year IV, McMaster University Chair, McMaster IEEE Student Branch randy.glenn-at-gmail.com - glennrb-at-mcmaster.ca randy.glenn-at-computer.org - randy_glenn-at-ieee.org http://www.randyglenn.ca -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu