Sunday, June 16, 2013 5:06:41 PM
Yes, I remember reading the Chairman's letter with excitement long ago 
...ha, ha, we were all duped!
I don't agree with your analysis of the Google Loon Project. It's a very expensive experiment but certainly interesting. No one can control the weather, it's not possible to compensate for all the variables (no matter how much compute power you throw at it) and it's not practicable to have 1,000s of balloons floating around for 55 days. Just think of the labor involve in just retrieving them when they land in the ocean, mountain top or other. Google's investment in o3b networks is much more practicable...imo.
Google has the funds to make the same mistakes as DOD who spent $7B on HAA Airships...balloons is not the answer- communications balloons have been around for 60 years. Electric HAA planes make much more sense.
The segmented airship strat is certainly much more high tech than balloons, carry a high payload (200lbs plus)and station keep for a very long time. ...IMO.
...ha, ha, we were all duped! I don't agree with your analysis of the Google Loon Project. It's a very expensive experiment but certainly interesting. No one can control the weather, it's not possible to compensate for all the variables (no matter how much compute power you throw at it) and it's not practicable to have 1,000s of balloons floating around for 55 days. Just think of the labor involve in just retrieving them when they land in the ocean, mountain top or other. Google's investment in o3b networks is much more practicable...imo.
Google has the funds to make the same mistakes as DOD who spent $7B on HAA Airships...balloons is not the answer- communications balloons have been around for 60 years. Electric HAA planes make much more sense.
The segmented airship strat is certainly much more high tech than balloons, carry a high payload (200lbs plus)and station keep for a very long time. ...IMO.
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