[time-nuts] Rubidium Cells for Sale ?!

[jimlux]

On 5/6/19 5:34 PM, William H. Fite wrote:
> I suppose that shouldn't surprise me but, since I have neither ITAR
> credentials nor a metric shit load of money, it's a good thing that I don't
> want one.
Category XV— Spacecraft and Related Articles

(e) Spacecraft parts, components, accessories, attachments, equipment, 
or systems, as follows:
...
(9) Space-qualified cesium, rubidium, hydrogen maser, or quantum (e.g., 
based upon Al, Hg, Yb, Sr, Be Ions) atomic clocks, and specially 
designed parts and components therefor;

But, there is an exception.. if you could get one with having been fully 
tested:
Note 4 to paragraph (e): (1) A determination that a specific article (or 
commodity) (e.g., by product serial number) is space-qualified by virtue 
of testing alone does not mean that other articles in the same 
production run or model series are space-qualified if not individually 
tested. (2) “Article” is synonymous with “commodity,” as defined in EAR 
§772.1. (3) A specific article not designed or manufactured for use at 
altitudes greater than 100 km above the surface of the Earth is not 
space-qualified before it is successfully tested. (4) The terms 
“designed” and “manufactured” in this definition are synonymous with 
“specially designed.”



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> On Monday, May 6, 2019, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
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>> In message <
>> CANy2iXqYLS38t7JVaO76VdHJ2PKvhBpiTtzQ85jNwnd+LPxVGQ at mail.gmail.com>,
>> "William H. Fite" writes:
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>>> Anyone know the price of the Excelitas device? No, I'm not interested in
>>> purchasing one, just curious. I assume it is hair-curling expensive.
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>> In addition to a metric shit-load of money, you also need an ITAR
>> approval before they will sell you one.
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>> --
>> Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
>> phk at FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
>> FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
>> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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