Tag: SpaceX

  • Satellite Internet

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    Ray Keefe
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    Satellite Internet There are many areas of the world where Internet services are not readily accessible. One of the ideas for providing poorly services areas with Internet was Google’s Project Loon which used high altitude balloons.   But there are also Satellite Internet contenders. Theses were nicely covered by recent blogs at CIS 471 and I’ve picked…

  • Space Goes Private

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    Ray Keefe
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    SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS It has been a while in the making, but the the SpaceX Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station and the beginning of a new era is upon us. Private enterprise is now making deliveries into space.   At 6:56AM on 25 May 2012 the International Space Station…