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December 27, 2015

Port of call at 36,000 KM for in-orbit servicing
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 25, 2015
Speaking to a St. Louis audience in September, Pam Melroy outlined the next space revolution, adding that it will happen in geosynchronous orbit. "What if you could build a satellite up there in GEO?" she asked. "What if you can repair it? What if you could upgrade it with the latest electronics?" Perhaps fittingly, her talk at the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency's "Wait? What?" symposium, was entitled "Port of Call at 36,000 KM." Melroy, who as a NASA astronaut piloted two space s ... read more

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