https://freerepublic.com/tag/microsatellites/ en-us Tue, 6 Jan 2004 01:11:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052130/posts <p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - An unconventional California company has won a $200,000 contract with the Air Force Space Command to develop a way to launch one-pound micro-satellites quickly and cheaply using big balloons. "We're masters of the really cheap stuff," said John Powell, founder of J.P. Aerospace, based outside Sacramento.</p> Sacramento Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052130/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2004 01:11:44 GMT