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Pinging Puna... - ericlp - 01-20-2015
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/20/spacex-google-ten-billion/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full&utm_content=gravity_organic_sitefeed&cps=gravity_1677_-887377653460467783
700 satellites, ya think that will be enough?
Fiber like speed for everyone on the planet! Google just gave space X 10 Billion Dollars. I am thinking we might not need cable or dsl lines for much longer and hopefully Hawaii will be well covered.
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RE: Pinging Puna... - TomK - 01-20-2015
Wow. This may keep me in a job for a while. Part of our new role is characterizing orbital debris that could impact orbiting satellites (have you seen "Gravity"? Awful science other than the "Kessler Effect"). Seems we might have a bunch more to worry about...
RE: Pinging Puna... - dmbwest - 01-20-2015
Tom,
If you eva' need a job, please call me !
aloha,
pog
RE: Pinging Puna... - TomK - 01-20-2015
Thanks, Pog, and vice versa of course. However, as you may have heard from the odd person here, we only hire mainlanders...
(For the humour-impaired amongst us, that's not actually true)