Sun, Dec 25, 2016
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.
Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.
Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"Altair Pathfinder represents the company's continuing commitment to its National Security Space and NASA customers through our continual IR&D investments targeted at de-risking our mainline customer missions. It also exemplifies the agility and dependability of our people, products and processes to develop and deliver disruptive, highly capable space systems as Altair Pathfinder took less than 12 months from program inception to final ship date. Special thanks go to our NanoRacks launch provider–they've been nothing short of being responsive and helpful every step of the way since we signed the launch services agreement earlier this year."
Source: Jimmy Downs, chief engineer for the satellite, as Millennium Space Systems completed the development of and shipped its first Altair satellite, a pre-production pathfinder spacecraft designed to demonstrate advanced avionics, guidance & control, additive manufacturing, power systems, RF communications and onboard processing technologies.
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