alt Hacker NewsLet’s launch hard drives back and forth between earth and LEO. Like sneakernet in space.
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chris_va • today at 6:14 PM
never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes reentering the atmosphere
pixl97 • today at 6:15 PM
Been there, done that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)
They'd drop their film back down to earth.
someonebaggy • today at 6:40 PM
If they're heavy enough, it doubles as a space fountain.
ck2 • today at 6:15 PM
railgun microSD
but seriously, the first spy satellites used to drop film rolls and they had a crazy way for the military to track and catch them via planes
nefarious_ends • today at 6:34 PM
I'm laughing at how many bots wanted to share their trivia with you after this post
U.S. spy satellites were returning film payloads to Earth as late as 1986:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-9_Hexagon