AMSLER@SRI-AI.ARPA (06/15/83)
From: Robert Amsler <AMSLER@SRI-AI.ARPA> I have often wondered whether it would be possible to launch relay dishes to receive and amplify fading signals from a previously launched spacecraft such as Pioneer. Following in its trajectory and perhaps even homing on its faint signal, they would receive and re transmit the signal to Earth. Could a receiving dish adequate to serve as a useful relay be sent out. For that matter, could it be put into orbit around the sun along with others to form a virtual deep space receiver system? -------