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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by JumpinJack_Cash on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:49PM (#38633258)
A 1000Gbps cable laid down in the ground will be able to support 1000Gbps even 50 years from now provided that it doesn't get truncated by accident or Earthquake
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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by throwaway4aday on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:59PM (#38634054)
a cable is pretty useless without all of the other hardware
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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for SpaceX Sta... by oittaa on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:18PM (#38635001)
That "cable laid down" is vacuum of the space in this situation. It's not going to disappear.
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