David D. Levine (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
davidlevine) wrote2006-08-21 01:35 pm
davidlevine) wrote2006-08-21 01:35 pm
Robot airships!
I read about this in my morning paper:
"A Stratellite™ is a high-altitude airship that when in place in the stratosphere will provide a stationary platform for transmitting various types of wireless communications services currently transmitted from cell towers and satellites. It is not a balloon or a blimp. It is a high-altitude airship.
"Made of Space age Materials and powered by solar powered electrical engines, each Stratellite will reach its final altitude by utilizing proprietary lifting gas technology. Once in place at 65,000 feet (approx. 13 miles) and safely above the jet stream, each Stratellite will remain in one GPS coordinate, providing the ideal wireless transmission platform. The Stratellites are unmanned airships and will be monitored from the Company's Operation Centers on the ground."
http://www.sanswire.com/stratellites.htm
"A Stratellite™ is a high-altitude airship that when in place in the stratosphere will provide a stationary platform for transmitting various types of wireless communications services currently transmitted from cell towers and satellites. It is not a balloon or a blimp. It is a high-altitude airship.
"Made of Space age Materials and powered by solar powered electrical engines, each Stratellite will reach its final altitude by utilizing proprietary lifting gas technology. Once in place at 65,000 feet (approx. 13 miles) and safely above the jet stream, each Stratellite will remain in one GPS coordinate, providing the ideal wireless transmission platform. The Stratellites are unmanned airships and will be monitored from the Company's Operation Centers on the ground."
http://www.sanswire.com/stratellites.htm
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On an unrelated note, I'm looking forward to seeing you and yours at the con.
They seem to have moved the page to:
Otherwise ... Kewl!
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Yet another message like the above
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My reaction is rather blase, actually, it was something that's been a concept that defense contractors have, er, been floating trial lighter-than-air-vehicle ideas for for decades. Somewhere around here I have an artist's conception with specs for the proposed system from I think Lockheed (yes, Lockheed, not Lockheed-Martin) from more than two decades ago.
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The concept of unpiloted airships isn't new. The addition of artificial intelligence is new, hence the title "Robot Airships!"
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