Re: connectivity outside the US

[Hal Murray <murray () pa dec com>]

>  A few months ago a friend of mine from Fore Systems told me about 
>  the 'ACTS' project. NASA and Ohio-State and quite a few others were 
>  doing research into the Gigabit Satelite Network. 

> Anybody heard anything about this?



  The Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) provides 
  for the development and flight test of high-risk, advanced communications 
  satellite technology. 

http://kronos.lerc.nasa.gov/acts/acts.html