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  Ryan, 16 Nov 2000 @ 12:14pm

  
  

  Yet another poke at .coms

  Sorry, but I couldn't resist, it was just the first thought I had after reading the article:

  Twiggs said his minisatellites are a valuable tool, even if their utility is not yet clear.
  

  Wow! Sounds like a .com startup!
  
  "To me, it's kind of like the Internet. What could you do with the Internet five years ago?"
  

  Yep, the internet was pretty clear five years ago, too. If this is the comparison, when we look up in five years, will the sky be cluttered with useless junk?

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    Mike (profile), 16 Nov 2000 @ 12:25pm

    
    

    Re: Yet another poke at .coms

    Yeah, and we do we get open source satellites? Because, you know, they'll be much better and cheaper than any of these annoying proprietary solutions. This all sounds like a Microsoft conspiracy to me. :)

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  Ryan, 16 Nov 2000 @ 12:26pm

  
  

  Really, though...

  I think having your own satellite would be cool, even though you couldn't really do anything useful with it, and it would be too small to show your friends through your home telescopt. The medical idea mentioned in the article is probably the best idea, IMHO. And I suppose that there's the few mad scientists who would want their remains to orbit the earth for the rest of time. If I was a .com billionaire, I'd part with $45,000, because when you're that rich, you can do it just because.

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    mhh5, 16 Nov 2000 @ 1:10pm

    
    

    Re: Really, though...

    Yeah, I just wanna know how much data you can store up there and how fast you could access it. I also wonder if there'd be a way to get better GPS data with an extra little personal satellite up there....

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