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DATE: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 23:51:55 From: Jason Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BYU Unix Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: > >On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Ross Werner wrote: > >> > > You don't think they were moving the Mars Rover in real time do you? > >Looks like Mars round trip times (RTTs) are 6-40 minutes. Thus the rovers >tend to move in inches per minute. > >The sun's about 3 light minutes away. Seems like even LEO satellites give 1/4 >second RTTs. It's kinda cool, if you ever get to play with a ham satellite >station, to hear your own voice coming back doppler shifted and 1/4 second >delayed just from propagation delay. That happens with my cell phone here on campus, and it DRIVES ME NUTS when I'm trying to talk to people! -Danelle > > -J > > >____________________ >BYU Unix Users Group >http://uug.byu.edu/ >___________________________________________________________________ >List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
