firewire in space!

[martyr]

the noaa is sending firewire digital camera sattelites up in 09:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2280.htm

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The Integrated Program Office, which is a team of engineers from NOAA, NASA and the Department of Defense, began the development phase in February 2001, then contracted with Northrop Grumman to produce the new chipset and enabled it for use in space. Together, the IPO, Northrop Grumman and industry teammates delivered a space-qualified chipset and associated software. The chipset, working with its software driver, can move data at speeds of 100 million bits per second. The chipset is designed to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE 1394) standard. IEEE 1394 technology is commonly used in the commercial transport of audio-visual data, including digital television, graphics-intensive video games and digital photography.
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[Sentrosi]

Imagine the overclockability for your 2500+ barton in space!

Talk about cooling....

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by martyr

a team of engineers from NOAA, NASA and the Department of Defense

... aka National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which technically does not exist. Even though they have a shiny new headquarters that I visited.

[Rbstr]

cool, how shiny is it?

[Firefly]

It's all mirrored and polished, metal and glass. Kinda like a super-rich hotel lobby, only for the government.