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POPSHow Interplanetary Internet Will Work Wiring the Solar System Take a look at the the 1997 Mars Pathfinder rover mission and you will understand space explorers need an interplanetary Internet for deep space communications. Data from the Pathfinder trickled back at an average rate of about 300 bits per second during its mission. Most likely, your computer can transfer data at least 200 times faster than that. An Internet between Mars and Earth would likely yield a data transfer rate of 11,000 bits per second. That is still much slower than your computer's transfer rate, but it would be enough to send back more detailed images of the Mars surface. Mars Network researchers think that the transfer rate could eventually go to about 1 Megabyte (8,288,608 bits) per second and allow anyone to take a virtual trip to Mars.
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POPSRemote-controlled aircraft would patrol Arctic: military "The military hopes to acquire the new aircraft within five years, but does not yet know how many it will buy or where it will buy them from. There is no estimate yet on how much the aircraft will cost, though Williams said the drones are typically less expensive than the Aurora patrol aircraft the military currently uses when it flies surveillance missions. UAVs are more affordable because they are generally smaller, lighter and cheaper to build than Auroras, and they use less fuel, need less maintenance and require fewer crew members with less training."
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POPSA Peek Inside DARPA This is probably the only place in government where people with true intelligence and skills exist.
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POPSBritain Shoots for the Moon? Proposal for a British space program, independent of European Space Agency or NASA. The prospect of future economic benefits is apparently too enticing to ignore...
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POPSMoon Base! Sounds pretty good for our kind of work if they can make it happen
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POPSDiscovery Shuttle lifts off on the 4th of July. CNN - watch the video Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:16:18 -0400 From: "CNN Breaking News" --- The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of six have safely landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a 13-day mission that included a stop at the international space station. After weather delays and concerns about cracks in the insulation foam on the external fuel tanks, the NASA Space Shuttle "Discovery" successfully launches on the July 4, 2006. Video is available at http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/04/shuttle.launch/index.html CNN note: Space Shuttle Discovery takes off at 2:38 p.m. ET, on its way to the international space station. comment added by debraford123
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