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| SpaceX to launch demo satellites for its high-speed internet project | |
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| thoughtless | Feb 19 2018, 04:01 PM Post #1 |
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Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to deliver high-speed internet to the world using thousands of small satellites -- and this week that plan is moving closer to reality. The company is slated to launch a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:17 a.m. local time on Wednesday. On board will be two experimental satellites that will test out the technology SpaceX plans to use for its internet service, according to public filings. SpaceX has the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission to send up the test satellites. And last week, FCC chairman Ajit Pai gave SpaceX's internet ambitions a nudge by urging the FCC to approve SpaceX's broader internet proposal. SpaceX's plan is to "deliver broadband services directly to [people] anywhere in the United States or around the world" at speeds similar to some of the quickest ground-based internet connections. [LINK |
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| clone | Feb 19 2018, 06:29 PM Post #2 |
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Director @ Center for Advanced Memetic Warfare
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Told ya... |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Demagogue | Feb 20 2018, 01:14 PM Post #3 |
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I am looking forward to seeing if this works tomorrow.![]() https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/20/spacex-to-use-a-net-boat-called-mr-steven-to-recover-next-rocket-fairing/ |
| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| Coast2coast | Feb 22 2018, 05:20 AM Post #4 |
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Scrubbed for twenty-four hours so now 06:17 in about five hours and change from now. And I'll be up again. Looking forward to another sky show from my front porch. (Well, landing / small stoop ) And I could have slept till 09:00. So this better go this time! |
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| Demagogue | Feb 22 2018, 11:26 AM Post #5 |
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Looks like they missed the catch but got close. [twitter=elonmusk/status/966692641533390848] Elon feeling like this outfielder today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWEGqC6mUNg |
| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| thoughtless | Feb 22 2018, 01:09 PM Post #6 |
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My friends and I tried to build a rocket when we were kids. I learned at an early age that the only difference between a rocket and a pipe bomb, is the size of the nozzle. |
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