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LEO is incredibly saturated.c if you build a data center there at the size needed you deal with space debris. MEO is about 500-1000ms latency in a good scenari
by Insanity 4mo ago
LEO is incredibly saturated.c if you build a data center there at the size needed you deal with space debris.
MEO is about 500-1000ms latency in a good scenario (blanked coverage), that’s not snappy.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4mo ago> MEO is about 500-1000ms latency in a good scenario (blanked coverage), that’s not snappy. Just spitballing here: To the Moon it's about 1.5 seconds, and back the same OFC. That's 3000ms. MEO is way below GEO, which is still way below Moon <-> Earth. How's that going to be 500 to 1000ms?! Edit: I dealt with space debris by pointing to Planetes, the Manga/Anime. This is the way ;-> Edit of the edit: Or if that is too comical for you, the first 10 to 20 minutes of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey , basically the trip from Earth to the Moon, with a layover on that spinning space station.
- Topfi 4mo agoAre we seriously using a Manga and a sci-fi movie from the 60s as a source? On the note of basing ideas on pure fiction, how far along are the hyper loop and starship earth-to-earth? The later even made it into the IPO filing of this very serious company...
- LargoLasskhyfv 4mo agoOne needs to have vision. Even if it's met with derision. I'm under the influence of the monolith. Drumming the femur at speed. Ouk! Ouk!