I'm no EE (it's all magic to me), but I was thinking about things like
frequency hopping, used for lots of transmitters and receivers in close
proximity (e.g. RC aircraft). Maybe that's not an option for going 22,000
miles with one end that's very difficult to service--I could be totally up
in the night. But I also figure those EEs are pretty clever and have all
kinds of tricks up their sleeves. Especially when big bucks are involved!
Certainly seems the trend is for the world to get much more interconnected
and GSO seems much more attractive as launch costs go way down. I'm
wondering if Project Loon (balloon-based internet) will also be a casualty.
But that gets into distance/bandwidth tradeoff, too. Just non-EE
speculation.
Taking a step back and looking at the big picture, I think the "sci-fi"
future will involve a robust ring of GSO satellites interconnecting the
world (MUCH more than they do now). We may look back on the FH launch as a
major turning point in enabling this. Maybe not as dramatic as the steam
engine enabling the locomotive and the rail networks across continents, but
similar.
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:56 AM, <Nels.Anderson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Gesendet: Freitag, 09. Februar 2018 um 17:34 Uhr
Von: "Henry Vanderbilt" <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville and its resident
Army Ballistic Missile Agency, AKA Von Braun's rocket team, were folded
into NASA back at NASA's start in 1958.
To make a very minor point: it wasn't until September 1960 that the von
Braun crew came to NASA. Otherwise, I agree....