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In
1927, an unknown pilot flying an unknown airplane built
by an unknown airplane company approached unknown St. Louis businessmen
to back
his flight. The
world would soon know
this pilot's name was Charles Lindbergh who chose to honor 
those businessmen
by
naming his Ryan airplane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Now in the next century, an unknown rocket scientist is building an unknown launch vehicle that needs to be backed by unknown St. Louis entrepreneurs. Instead of the Atlantic Ocean being the dark void being crossed into the unknown, the crossing for the next century is space. The rocket that will carry the Astra Satellite will honor those who sponsor this space flight by being named Spirit of St. Louis--The Next Century.
GASG's satellite
will be smaller than the Prosteshyy Sputnik
satellite that launched the space race in 1957.
Yet the GASG satellite, known as Astra,
will carry
telemetry to record its location in space and send important data back
to the
Group at ground base. In
much the same
manner as Sputnik, Astra's radio transmitter will
relay inside and
outside temperatures at its locations in space.
Astra will orbit the earth several
times before it
destabilizes and disintegrates attempting to reenter Earth's atmosphere. Astra
will also carry a DVD bearing
the names of those who have elected to be part of the General Aviation
Space
Group by purchasing a commemorative certificate.
