Comments on: DIY satellites take smaller steps for mankind http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/07/diy-satellites-take-smaller-steps-for-mankind/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MikeN http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/07/diy-satellites-take-smaller-steps-for-mankind/comment-page-1/#comment-1227096 MikeN Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:37:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18968#comment-1227096 Nice to see people applauding intrusions on privacy. Nice to see people applauding intrusions on privacy.

]]> By: moss http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/07/diy-satellites-take-smaller-steps-for-mankind/comment-page-1/#comment-1226320 moss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:35:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18968#comment-1226320 Of course, DirecTV is the client for the Boeing bird in my earlier link. Now, you're back to bus-size and bigger. But, if you RTFA - perhaps click through the SSTL's site or, perish the thought, Use the Google - you'd see that SSTL has been putting their critters up for 27 years. I imagine if they had the sort of failure rate you're concerned about, they wouldn't get repeat customers. Or any customers. Of course, DirecTV is the client for the Boeing bird in my earlier link. Now, you’re back to bus-size and bigger.

But, if you RTFA – perhaps click through the SSTL’s site or, perish the thought, Use the Google – you’d see that SSTL has been putting their critters up for 27 years.

I imagine if they had the sort of failure rate you’re concerned about, they wouldn’t get repeat customers. Or any customers.

]]> By: moss http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/07/diy-satellites-take-smaller-steps-for-mankind/comment-page-1/#comment-1226250 moss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:12:39 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18968#comment-1226250 Take a close look at Boeing's product, John. Look at the individual bits and pieces of something that ended up as big as 2 buses and costing $250M - ain't much difference. http://tinyurl.com/5glmek Click on the image for a closer look. Take a close look at Boeing’s product, John. Look at the individual bits and pieces of something that ended up as big as 2 buses and costing $250M – ain’t much difference.

http://tinyurl.com/5glmek

Click on the image for a closer look.

]]> By: John C Dvorak http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/07/diy-satellites-take-smaller-steps-for-mankind/comment-page-1/#comment-1226226 John C Dvorak Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:03:19 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18968#comment-1226226 Cripes. I had to be mean-spirited, but when you enlarge this "bird" it looks like a complete piece of crap designed by high-schoolers. Cripes. I had to be mean-spirited, but when you enlarge this “bird” it looks like a complete piece of crap designed by high-schoolers.

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