early in 2018...
Ray
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From: Dave Taht [mailto:dave.t...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 9:53 AM
To: Jim Gettys
Cc: Christopher Robin; cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] spacebee
A couple things on the spacebee.
0) I LOVE t
On 03/13/2018 10:47 AM, Christopher Robin wrote:
With all the noise around this launch, I haven’t been able to find info
on expected operational lifespan vs expected orbit decay. LEO’s can
still last for decades. The only thing I’m finding is an expected use
for 6mo to 2yr, but not sure how lo
On 03/13/2018 11:06 AM, Dave Taht wrote:
I am painfully aware of this. On of my big fears in the SDI 80s was
that someone would deploy pebbles in a reverse or polar GEO orbit,
rigged to explode in a war extending to space.
Continuing a tangent...
The Sci-Fi TV show The Expanse recently had a
> On 13 Mar, 2018, at 7:31 pm, Dave Taht wrote:
>
>> Size, until the object gets really small, really doesn't matter.
>
> The odds of a collision drop proportionally (what's the math?) to
> size. Imagine useful sats this small, or smaller, in lower orbits that
> burn up in a few years, and const
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 9:25 AM, dpr...@deepplum.com
wrote:
>
>
> This is fascinating. Could it be that the idea of "open networks of
> satellites" are going to start to play the role of WiFi or UWB? Scalable
> sharing of orbital space, using a simple cooperative protocol? In other
> words, the fi
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Christopher Robin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 1:03 PM Jim Gettys wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Dave Taht wrote:
>>>
>>> 2) Although the FCC denied the application based on having inadaquate
>>> radar reflectivity, according to their standar
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:49 AM, wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:52:53 -0700, Dave Taht said:
>
>> Spacebee - Having a payload 1/4th the size of a cubesat *work* and be
>> useable! is a major advance. And is 1/4th the space junk. Worrying
>> about something smaller than baseball hitting anything
On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:52:53 -0700, Dave Taht said:
> Spacebee - Having a payload 1/4th the size of a cubesat *work* and be
> useable! is a major advance. And is 1/4th the space junk. Worrying
> about something smaller than baseball hitting anything strikes me as
> control freakery at the FCC.
Fo
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 1:03 PM Jim Gettys wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Dave Taht wrote:
>
>> 2) Although the FCC denied the application based on having inadaquate
>> radar reflectivity, according to their standards, the article states:
>>
>> "Websites dedicated to tracking operati
t; person (named M. Marcus, now retired from FCC OET, and a friend) was
>> >>> able to
>> >>> enable the use of WiFi technologies in the ISM bands. Otherwise, the
>> >>> idea
>> >>> that all current poorly scalable systems ought to be all
needs to use.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Please. Think harder. Become an expert on space technology, etc. Not
> just
> >>> someone who "knowledgably repeats lines from news media articles" as
> so many
> >&
lly uses a WiFi device or cellphone on airplanes. The Internet will
>>> be inhabited only by criminals. Encryption is something no one with "nothing
>>> to hide" needs to use.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please. Think harder. Become an expert on space
se. Think harder. Become an expert on space technology, etc. Not just
>> someone who "knowledgably repeats lines from news media articles" as so
>> many do.
>>
>>
>>
>> My point is that while it may be that *geosynchronous equatorial orbit*
>> is
r. Become an expert on space technology, etc. Not just
> someone who "knowledgably repeats lines from news media articles" as so
> many do.
>
>
>
> My point is that while it may be that *geosynchronous equatorial orbit* is
> very tightly occupied, most MEO and LEO spa
hat while it may be that *geosynchronous equatorial orbit* is very
tightly occupied, most MEO and LEO space is not densely occupied at all.
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From: "Christopher Robin"
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> From: "Jim Gettys"
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:26pm
> To: "Dave Taht"
> Cc: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
> Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] spacebee
>
> I do believe that the international space treaties require our government
>
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Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] spacebee
I do believe that the international space treaties require our government to
control all launches.
Launching satellites without permission is a big no-no.
Note that according to the article, it is collision risk, rather than radio
I do believe that the international space treaties require our government
to control all launches.
Launching satellites without permission is a big no-no.
Note that according to the article, it is collision risk, rather than radio
radiation, that is the issue here.
Jim
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at
This is fascinating. Could it be that the idea of "open networks of satellites"
are going to start to play the role of WiFi or UWB? Scalable sharing of orbital
space, using a simple cooperative protocol? In other words, the first step
toward what Vint Cerf championed as the "Interplanetary In
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