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AWS in space: A mesh network with microservers that no earth entity can block

16 points by hgarg 6y ago

throwaway888abc 6y ago
>Blockchain, messaging no terrestrial sovereign can block. But shooting down is certainly possible ? Question before loading life saving in to spacecoins(tm).
mxxx 6y ago
Presumably the company that operates these satellites has to comply with more than just "space law" though, right? Could you not still be compelled to go to "earth prison" wherever you're incorporated?
- emteycz 6y ago
  I'm sure a complicit government could be found for the right sum of money
sumanthvepa 6y ago
The idea here is a mesh network in space with servers orbiting the planet. The idea being, that it is not under any jurisdiction. And hence cannot be blocked. Well, not really. First the company that operates this is subject to the jurisdiction of the country it is incorporated in and does business in. Second, to access such mesh networks requires that you have hardware (essentially a satellite phone modem) that can reach it. In india, for example, the sale or posession of such hardware without a license is illegal. Finally, you piss off the big guys (US, China, Russia, India) and they can simply shoot your satellite(s) down.
- avmich 6y ago
  > you piss off the big guys It would be interesting to provoke big guys to start applying weaponry in space for a systemic cause. Not sure it would go easily. Even modern developments with Starlink can still bring questions. If, e.g., China forbids Starlink from providing service to China territory, and Musk ignores that and goes ahead, and China starts shooting down Starlink satellites - ?.. Will U.S. in this case stay silent? It's a different case, of course, but - is using weapons in space that easy and close?
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g42gregory 6y ago
This is very interesting. I would love to understand how cryptocurrency and blockchain will continue to evolve. I did not realize that there are efforts to put them in space, outside of the "big guys" jurisdiction. What is a Space Law? Is it similar to the Maritime Law?
- liamwire 6y ago
  Space Law, like ultimately all law, is the law of the party/parties with the biggest guns, as it has almost always been. Any perceived or claimed neutrality so far isn’t likely to remain as commercial interest continues to expand into the space, pun partially intended.

16 points by hgarg 6y ago

>Blockchain, messaging no terrestrial sovereign can block. But shooting down is certainly possible ? Question before loading life saving in to spacecoins(tm).

mxxx 6y ago

Presumably the company that operates these satellites has to comply with more than just "space law" though, right? Could you not still be compelled to go to "earth prison" wherever you're incorporated?

emteycz 6y ago
I'm sure a complicit government could be found for the right sum of money

sumanthvepa 6y ago

The idea here is a mesh network in space with servers orbiting the planet. The idea being, that it is not under any jurisdiction. And hence cannot be blocked. Well, not really. First the company that operates this is subject to the jurisdiction of the country it is incorporated in and does business in. Second, to access such mesh networks requires that you have hardware (essentially a satellite phone modem) that can reach it. In india, for example, the sale or posession of such hardware without a license is illegal. Finally, you piss off the big guys (US, China, Russia, India) and they can simply shoot your satellite(s) down.

avmich 6y ago
> you piss off the big guys It would be interesting to provoke big guys to start applying weaponry in space for a systemic cause. Not sure it would go easily. Even modern developments with Starlink can still bring questions. If, e.g., China forbids Starlink from providing service to China territory, and Musk ignores that and goes ahead, and China starts shooting down Starlink satellites - ?.. Will U.S. in this case stay silent? It's a different case, of course, but - is using weapons in space that easy and close?
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g42gregory 6y ago

This is very interesting. I would love to understand how cryptocurrency and blockchain will continue to evolve. I did not realize that there are efforts to put them in space, outside of the "big guys" jurisdiction. What is a Space Law? Is it similar to the Maritime Law?

liamwire 6y ago
Space Law, like ultimately all law, is the law of the party/parties with the biggest guns, as it has almost always been. Any perceived or claimed neutrality so far isn’t likely to remain as commercial interest continues to expand into the space, pun partially intended.