Fred, if you are reading the following for the first time, I sorely regret missing out on your eruption of Irish adjectives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford https://www.wired.com/2013/08/project-west-ford/ --rwg On 3/25/18, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote: I didn't say I was in favor of this plan. I was trying, merely, to interpret the intention. On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 8:10 PM, Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote: You mean, having trashed the planet down here, we're going to start trashing it up there too? Brilliant plan ... WFL On 3/24/18, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote: I'm not familiar with the proposal, but I think I can answer that question. The microsatellites will be very cheap, and mass-produced. Ambient conditions will certainly eventually cause them to fail. Using redundant circuits should be able to extend their usable lifetimes, but mostly, when they fail, send up another ten thousand.