[FPSPACE] Re: Roton

[Robert G Kennedy III]

>Recent lamentations of the end of Mir and mircorp mentioned a possibly
>brighter future for Roton.  Unfortunately, at the AIAA meeting in Long Beach
>Calif a few weeks ago, there were rumors of the departure of the top three
>officials from Roton, as well as of at least one of the test pilots?  Any
>additional insights?

According to my information, the Roton's sugar daddy was none other than
Walt Anderson, who is also MirCorp's main sponsor, yes? Western sponsor
with hard cash, at any rate. Also, according to my sources, Gary Hudson,
Roton's chief designer. left the company earlier this spring. Much of the
technical and corporate support staff was laid off late last year.

In my opinion, Iridium (and ICO, and Orbcomm) killed Roton. Even
Globalstar, with a much stronger business model isn't helping.

My sources could be wrong (they're not in writing).


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Robert Kennedy, PE
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