[FPSPACE] Apollo PFS satellites

[MattWriter at aol.com]

Thanks to all who assisted on this.   The PFS satellites represent a first 
that seems almost completey forgotten - the ejection of a subsatellite from a 
satellite (the Apollo CSM) into orbit around another body.   

BTW, I'm preparing a paper on the use of microspacecraft (roughly meaning 
sub-100kg spacecraft, whether satellites, probes, EVA assistants, or landers) as 
part of the Vision for Space Exploration architecture.   There have been 
proposals for things like a Martian microsatellite communications relay 
constellation, but it's hard to tell what's currently alive and what's in the dustbin.   
I know the SPHERES program is underway.   Any contacts on other   CURRENT 
projects (that is, either in work or now being seriously proposed)   along these 
lines are most welcome.   


Regards,

Matt Bille