[AR] Re: What makes a useful launch vehicle?

  • From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 11:27:03 -0500 (EST)

On Sat, 9 Mar 2019, Uwe Klein wrote:

The umbilical provides up
to ten twisted shielded pairs and ethernet connectivity,

Just flashed through my mind: What about using PoE on the ethernet connection? ( and jusing just that.)

I obviously can't speak for Rocketlabs :-), but even when people want to provide communications across such an interface, life is often simpler if *power* doesn't cross it. (This was one of the basic design rules for the Apollo - Saturn V interface.)

Henry

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