From: woodruff@tanana.llnl.gov (John Woodruff)
Subject: Re: Will Boeing Use Ada To Build $9 Bln Network For Teledesic?
Date: 1997/05/01
Date: 1997-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <udd8rbm051.fsf@tanana.llnl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3368134a.21286600@news.mindspring.com
>>>>> "Bob" == Robert Munck <munck@mindspring.com> writes:
In article <3368134a.21286600@news.mindspring.com> munck@mindspring.com (Robert Munck) writes:
> (from Reuters)
>> SEATTLE - Teledesic, .... lines omitted ....
>> Boeing also will invest up to $100 million in Teledesic
.... more lines omitted ....
> The satellites will be about 1000 Kg (2400 lb) each, orbiting at
> about 720 Km (450 mi). It appears that data uplinked to one
> satellite will be routed through several others before being
> downlinked with no low-level control from ground stations! This
> means a whole lot of software on each (perhaps 20% of the total
> weight) with tremendous reliability, security, and throughput
> requirements.
Wow! 200 Kg of software; just imagine.
It is a "good thing" (tm) that preferred Ada style no longer prescribes
UPPER CASE Identifiers, as it would be even harder to get the software
down to weight with all those HEAVY characters ..... ;-)
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1997-05-01 0:00 ` Will Boeing Use Ada To Build $9 Bln Network For Teledesic? Rennie Allen
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-05-01 0:00 ` John Woodruff [this message]
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Mark & Zurima McKinney
1997-05-02 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
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1997-05-06 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
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