Elon Musk wants to bring Internet to the whole world via 700 small satellites

Yep that's what we need even more space junk for aliens to navigate past as they're coming & going,on their exploratory visits,not to mention the not too infrequent rocket launches

Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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Yep that's what we need even more space junk for aliens to navigate past as they're coming & going,on their exploratory visits,not to mention the not too infrequent rocket launches

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hehehehe

Yeah........cause all those aborigines bushmen need internet while out in the bush.

I like the idea.
In special: To expose the Corrupt Governments of the world on the fly.
Like:
Mexico Narco-State
Israel Terrorist-State
etc.

Originally posted by bhetrick:

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Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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Yep that's what we need even more space junk for aliens to navigate past as they're coming & going,on their exploratory visits,not to mention the not too infrequent rocket launches

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What? No way, it's an absolutely BRILLIANT idea.

Think about it; what alien species is going to bother to attack and invade a planet who's orbit looks like a white trash trailer park?

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Okay, so he puts 700 cheap satellites in orbit. Does he think they're just going to stay in perfectly in orbit, with no orbit adjusting maneuvers? Will they manage their battery charge/discharge cycles autonomously? Will their on-board clocks never drift? The complexity of managing a satellite in orbit does not scale down with their size, nor does it become easier because you have 700 of them in orbit. Now remove the on-orbit satellite management issues and consider this, you have 700 servers on a WAN providing internet service to the entire world. But these servers are locked away somewhere and cannot be reached to service them. I guess he'll need spares to replace ones that fail; but he'll have to get the bad ones out of the way and the new ones in place (there's that maneuver thing again). I believe that the cost and complexity of managing 700 satellites in orbit, and keeping their mission operating is far beyond the revenue potential from bringing the internet to those stragglers who don't already have it now. So, maybe he just wants to do it for fun?

Originally posted by VidJunkie:

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Okay, so he puts 700 cheap satellites in orbit. Does he think they're just going to stay in perfectly in orbit, with no orbit adjusting maneuvers? Will they manage their battery charge/discharge cycles autonomously? Will their on-board clocks never drift? The complexity of managing a satellite in orbit does not scale down with their size, nor does it become easier because you have 700 of them in orbit. Now remove the on-orbit satellite management issues and consider this, you have 700 servers on a WAN providing internet service to the entire world. But these servers are locked away somewhere and cannot be reached to service them. I guess he'll need spares to replace ones that fail; but he'll have to get the bad ones out of the way and the new ones in place (there's that maneuver thing again). I believe that the cost and complexity of managing 700 satellites in orbit, and keeping their mission operating is far beyond the revenue potential from bringing the internet to those stragglers who don't already have it now. So, maybe he just wants to do it for fun?

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