There is also a very informative article at Excite.
It gives alot of information about using HELIOS as a broadband internet solution . It is also much more informative about costs and how it runs. Here are some exerpts I thought were worth sharing.
With a wingspan of 247 feet - wider than a Boeing 747 - Helios is 6 feet high and weighs 1,850 pounds, which allows it to take off at just 30 mph. It flies on the edge of Earth's atmosphere, 100,000 feet high. Helios' 14 electric motors run on solar power generated by 65,000 solar cells by day, and on fuel cells energized by solar power by night. Helios' "brain" is an Apple Computer Macintosh computer that would guide it back to Earth when necessary.
Helios will be able to stay in the air for six months or longer because of its fuel cells and a limited number of moving parts. At an anticipated cost of $10 million each, it will be far cheaper than conventional communications satellites, which cost about $200 million each, backers say. Helios will soon develop into a platform of choice for fixed broadband, next-generation wireless, narrowband and direct broadcast applications. He said Helios can supply data rates of 1.5 megabits per second to 125 Mbps for a single user. The 30-millisecond latency of Helios-centered communications is comparable to that of fiber optics.
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Don't tell it - Sell It.
The Real Lesson here is. Don't do a good deed. Turn a good profit. Their competition would love to pay for information about security holes.
You got to love Gov. that encourages industrial espionage.
Any one who supports the x-box is a sheep. yeah so it may be "better" system ...BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. It is still owned by the dictator.
Remember folks, in a capitalist system you vote with your dollars.
VOTE NO!!!!
Don't buy in to the MS dictatorship.
Call me a Troll, but I am a Troll w/o an XBox or a Windows Box!
It gives alot of information about using HELIOS as a broadband internet solution . It is also much more informative about costs and how it runs.
Here are some exerpts I thought were worth sharing.