gregmaster, "Why would you start building the actual commercial strattelites before you fully understand how the prototype works?." greg, probably because the following associations and people know and have a tremendous amount of more info than you and I, jmo...rock RECENT STAFF ADDITIONS TO SANSWIRE LLC Barry Reed, Sanswire's Senior Flight Test Engineer <A HREF="http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5748894" target="_blank">http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5748894</A> Dr. Lee will serve as the Senior Electrical Engineer <A HREF="http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5725011" target="_blank">http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5725011</A> <A HREF="http://www.sanswire.com/profiles/jameslee.html" target="_blank">http://www.sanswire.com/profiles/jameslee.html</A> Rick Searfoss, Colonel, USAF Retired Board Director <A HREF="http://www.sanswire.com/press/20050124.html" target="_blank">http://www.sanswire.com/press/20050124.html</A> Robert Jones President of Sanswire Governmental Services - formely NASA and Air force <A HREF="http://www.sanswire.com/press/20050228-2.html" target="_blank">http://www.sanswire.com/press/20050228-2.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.sanswire.com/profiles/bobjones.html" target="_blank">http://www.sanswire.com/profiles/bobjones.html</A> Dr. Michael Matarrese will serve as the Senior Aerodynamics Engineer of Sanswire. Mr. William Dodson will serve as the Senior Structural Engineer of Sanswire <A HREF="http://www.sanswire.com/press/20050310.html" target="_blank">http://www.sanswire.com/press/20050310.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.sanswire.com/profiles/williamdodson.html" target="_blank">http://www.sanswire.com/profiles/williamdodson.html</A> CONFIRMED SUPPLIERS-SANSWIRE ONE Propulsion and Guidance supplier for Sanswire ONE KESTREL AEROSPACE + SANSWIRE <A HREF="http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5428049" target="_blank">http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5428049</A> Hotzone Wireless (Transmission equipment and antennaes) <A HREF="http://www.hotzonewireless.net/team.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hotzonewireless.net/team.htm</A> Iowa Thin Film Technologies Solar Supplier <A HREF="http://www.iowathinfilm.com/corporate/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.iowathinfilm.com/corporate/index.html</A> Associations in Development of Sanswire One SPACE AND MISSLE COMMAND- ARMY <A HREF="http://www.smdc.army.mil/" target="_blank">http://www.smdc.army.mil/</A> Dryden Flight Research Center <A HREF="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/home/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/home/index.html</A> Air Force Research Lab <A HREF="http://www.afrl.af.mil/" target="_blank">http://www.afrl.af.mil/</A> Air Force space command <A HREF="http://www.peterson.af.mil/hqafspc/" target="_blank">http://www.peterson.af.mil/hqafspc/</A> SPAWAR <A HREF="http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil/" target="_blank">http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil/</A> NavAir Syscom <A HREF="http://www.navair.navy.mil/" target="_blank">http://www.navair.navy.mil/</A> CECOM..US ARMY <A HREF="http://www.monmouth.army.mil/newpages/vCcecom.html" target="_blank">http://www.monmouth.army.mil/newpages/vCcecom.html</A> NASA <A HREF="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/home/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/home/index.html</A> Norton AFB <A HREF="http://www.eidc.com/Location_Information/Federal_Agencies/Military_Bases/Norton/norton.html" target="_blank">http://www.eidc.com/Location_Information/Federal_Agencies/Military_Bases/Norton/norton.html</A>