alt Hacker NewsI think it could become economically viable to physically send storage devices back and forth. You can put a lot of bits in a kilogram of mass.
If we get to the point where we can reliably make a round trip to LEO once per day every day, I think some new bandwidth options open up.
Transmitting information through the air seems very obvious, but there are certain advantages to physical transport.
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crote • today at 9:41 AM
In other words: a return of the Keyhole spy satellite's film drop pods!
Tuna-Fish • today at 11:16 AM
... no, it won't be. We will just switch to laser links.
RobotToaster • today at 9:21 AM
Just run a network cable already.
If you need to regularly move so much data that fiber can't cope with it, and simply sending hard drives in the post or using traditional courier services isn't fast enough, that's probably an indication that there's something wrong with the whole design and approach to what you're doing.