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The problem is that it's not just storage. Satellite to ground station links are slow, and while they have become faster in recent years, we're still talking in
by mynameisvlad 8y ago
The problem is that it's not just storage. Satellite to ground station links are slow, and while they have become faster in recent years, we're still talking in the realm of Mb/s for most commercial services.
In 20 years, we might have relatively faster links, but the improvement rate of those is much, much slower than storage density.
- StringyBob 8y agoI'd assumed much better bandwidth is available for the a certain class of satellite (gbits a second via laser to downlink) [1], but for cost effective surveillance high altitude drones [2] would be the tool of choice to monitor cities, if not the world. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-build-a-space-communication-system-out-of-lasers/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-build-a-space-communicati... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/1/3940898/darpa-gigapixel-drone-surveillance-camera-revealed https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/1/3940898/darpa-gigapixel-dr...