Elon Musk plans to launch 4,000 satellites to provide High-Speed Internet across the globe "for the - Polidicks

[QUOTE=OvB;46965974]Is "were gonna build a mars base with the profits" short for saying we're going to make fuck-lodes of money off this?[/QUOTE] It's short for the human race is progressing.

Elon Musk sounds like a cologne.

All i can say about Elon Musk's ideas is that it is "FUTURE, FUTURE. FUUUUUUUTURE!"

[QUOTE=Megadave;46966000]Elon Musk sounds like a cologne.[/QUOTE] Every time I see the name I keep thinking 'Mollusk'.

Here's a bit of transcript from a few days ago: [quote][Question about satellites.] We are. That's actually what we're going to announce on Friday. It's been floating around.. We're creating an engineering center in Seattle. It's actually a satellite office creating satellites. We'll have a soft opening and then we'll have the big announcement on Friday. "We're going to try to do for satellites what we've done for rockets." See if we can make similar improvements in the satellite arena. [How big?] It's going to be fairly significant. Ultimately several hundred people, maybe a thousand people. So, it's big. At the start maybe up to 60 people. [How long until a thousand people?] Maybe three or four years. [Lot of people in Seattle looking for jobs.] Yeah, exactly. [Microsoft, and..] and also people from Boeing and others, so we expect - it'll primarily be satellites but we'll also - if there's really excellent people who want to work on rockets but for family reasons or just refuses to live in L.A. - a lot of people refuse to live in L.A., then they can work at the Seattle office. [Why are you optimistic about satellites? People have lost billions..] Yeah, we might join them. Most satellites are really quite primitive. You kinda think that satellite technology would be really advanced but if you look at how the big satellites are done, all the geostationary stuff, they really want something that's flight proven or that's space proven. [B]So, if you start your design process saying you want proven technology, it's not going to be new technology. So then you design it with, essentially old technology, it takes a while to build that design and then you've got to go launch the design and so by the time the satellites is actually launched they're typically really outdated technology - like 5 to 10 years old - and then if we're talking about a geostationary satellite that's up there for 15 years, by the end of its life it's a quarter of a century old technology. In terms of electronics it's super-ancient stuff. But people, because they go with the Battlestar Gallactica strategy of packing everything into one giant satellite they're petrified that if anything goes wrong their whole business could collapse, you end up with old technology.[/B] If you instead go with smaller satellites that you launch more frequently you can use present day technology, or even cutting edge stuff that isn't even necessarily in the hands of consumers, take a chance on the satellite not working but since we're launching frequently and testing it out frequently we can verify that it's going to work in space and actually have technology that's a decade or sometimes two decades more advanced.[/quote] So basically their plan is to build small, specialized, high tech satellites rather than large, all-in-one proven technologies that are expensive. Rest of transcript (and other fun Elon quotes): [url]http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/musk-says-spacex-will-develop-satellites-in-seattle-2015-01-14[/url] (not all about Satellites)

You know this also start shit, imagine north korean government reacting how their citizens can reach the outside world? Imagine how the citizens themselves act if they can somehow pirate internet? People in oppressive nations will see the world how it really is or atleast have a opportunity to. Even though its for good intentions it can start several bloody civil wars unexpectedly.

I wonder what they'll name the wifi.

[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;46965297]Elon Musk does pretty much everything that I think of that a super rich person could do to better society while also staying rich.[/QUOTE] He's the kind of wealthy man this planet needs. Not one who hoards, but one who pushes us forward on a tide of gold pieces. High speed satellite internet for the entire planet, definitely a lofty and ambitious goal.

I bet Comcast and at&t lobbyist are already on this to lobby some ridiculous state law to make this illegal.

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;46966441]I wonder what they'll name the wifi.[/QUOTE] Sky-Hi.

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;46966441]I wonder what they'll name the wifi.[/QUOTE] Skynet

[QUOTE=nVidia;46966509]I bet Comcast and at&t lobbyist are already on this to lobby some ridiculous state law to make this illegal.[/QUOTE] It's not the first of its kinds. Branson wants to do something similar, and satellite internet constellations already exist from multiple providers.

[QUOTE=Megadave;46966558]Skynet[/QUOTE] The British army already has a sat network called skynet.

Suddenly, Comcast becomes a military-grade artillery company investing billions in missiles which can reach satellite orbit.

[QUOTE=Rapscallion92;46966542]Sky-Hi.[/QUOTE] "Eat a dick, Comcast"

if he's successful the future capital of mars will bear a seal "in musk we trust"

Now imagine if all rich guys were like this, investing in the future.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;46966665]Now imagine if all rich guys were like this, investing in the future.[/QUOTE] I can't

God, this is what we've needed for so long. Somebody who has the money and resources to undertake such ridiculously large technological feats, for the good of mankind. No matter how crazy it sounds, Musk has the power and know-how to get it done, and there's nobody to tell him no. When you think about it, establishing a globally accessible network of communication and media is the first step towards globalization as a whole. And I think that's the only way humanity can advance in this age; unified not only by a network for the people, but by one mutual hub for understanding and universal partnership. This is the first and only project I've known that truly has the capability to make that dream come true, even partially. Even if we can't settle an entire city on mars, this is the most promising proposition for mars colonization that we've seen in a while, and if it gets even one person there, it will have been worth it. Sometimes you have to aim higher than you're most feasible goal to get things done, and Elon Musk is the first person who's been either rich or crazy enough to try that.

[QUOTE=nVidia;46966509]I bet Comcast and at&t lobbyist are already on this to lobby some ridiculous state law to make this illegal.[/QUOTE] Lobbyists in a nutshell [IMG]http://www.globalexchange.org/blogs/peopletopeople/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lobbyists-1.jpg[/IMG]

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Latency in satellite connections comes partly from contention and partly from buffering. Buffering itself attempts to mitigate contention. Client data is buffered on the satellite's side, and sent as a burst. By reducing the load on the network (by increasing satellites), each client can potentially be allocated more time, which reduces latency. Though I believe the network load won't drop significantly (satellites will just be used more) so neither will latency, except for clients or organizations that pay more.

This has amazing potential for those living outside developed areas. Those attempting to compare satellite internet to your cable or fiber optic networks are missing the point. While satellite internet networks may already exist, a truly global coverage at prices that even deeply poor areas can afford is more charity than business, and so we simply can't rely on the established communications interests to foot that bill.

[QUOTE=Megadave;46966000]Elon Musk sounds like a cologne.[/QUOTE] Musk de Musk, in a fancy bottle. With this picture on the box/bottle: [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/DP0ihCg.jpg[/img_thumb] [editline]19th January 2015[/editline] 100% concentrated Entrepreneur extract. Results not guaranteed. May cause rash or thoughts of greed. Consult doctor and financial adviser before use.

This guy is amazing, I have a new idol. His visions are like no other

[QUOTE=markg06;46965466]Elon Musk is like an irl Tony Stark, I bet if it was possible to build a flying armour he'd have done it.[/QUOTE] You'd really need to redesign or upgrade bits and pieces of the human body before you'd do anything like the Iron Man suit. Regardless of the capabilities of the suit, the human body is still exposed to stresses inside of it. If you take a hit, the suit may be fine, but meanwhile your aorta detaches from your heart. Metal Gear Rising is more legit than Iron Man, honestly.

Somehow I doubt this will ever come to fruition. There are too many politically influential parties, corporations and governments alike in whose best interests it is to prevent this.

[QUOTE=nVidia;46966509]I bet Comcast and at&t lobbyist are already on this to lobby some ridiculous state law to make this illegal.[/QUOTE] i have faith that the lawmakers of my state will do what they can to keep this within the state. will probably give boeing even more reason to stay here if they do any partnering up (which i suspect was a part of why he chose seattle). along with this, this has the potential to be as big of a venture as boeing which is a massive part of the local economy [editline]19th January 2015[/editline] basically pushing musk away from washington to please some telcom companies would be absolutely retarded of my state's senators to do

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;46967888]i have faith that the lawmakers of my state will do what they can to keep this within the state. will probably give boeing even more reason to stay here if they do any partnering up (which i suspect was a part of why he chose seattle). along with this, this has the potential to be as big of a venture as boeing which is a massive part of the local economy [editline]19th January 2015[/editline] basically pushing musk away from washington to please some telcom companies would be absolutely retarded of my state's senators to do[/QUOTE] If they do, I suppose that would constitute strong evidence that they don't have the interests of their constituents at heart, and are being bribed.

He should just build a huge spaceship instead and take anyone who isn't a greedy corporate fuck to Mars to build a new life. This will just get blocked by lobbyists. Earth can belong the people who all went to harvard for their business master degree's while the rest of humanity is off exterminating alien races.