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The last sentences about uploading data to the cloud had not struck me before. It is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhap
by mongol 5y ago
The last sentences about uploading data to the cloud had not struck me before. It is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhaps there are challenges around it that are not obvious?
- nine_k 5y agoA plane more often has access to an atmospheric cloud than to a computing cloud, especially when flying over an ocean. Maybe Starlink could offer reasonable connectivity, even if intermittent.
- astrange 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_satellite_communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_s...
- goatinaboat 5y agoIt is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhaps there are challenges around it that are not obvious? You might be surprised how scant and expensive bandwidth becomes once you are out of sight of land
- wanderingstan 5y agoStill, there are so many flights now that offer onboard Wifi, it’s seems silly not to back up flight recorder data to the cloud wherever possible.