Fiber optic umbilical

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From: Mark.Perew
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 10:30

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Putting a fiber optic umbilical on a remote sensing platform designed to
traverse rough terrain seems very odd to me.  Can someone explain to me why 
this was done?  A few things come to mind such as eliminating the weight
required for a radio and associated power supply.  Also the fiber optic does
allow for high reliability and high speed data transfer.

I'm *not* throwing stones at the Dante folks.  I'm just doing some head
scratching and hoping someone will explain this to me.

Thanks.

--- Mark Perew  Mark.Perew@ofa123.fidonet.org
--- Mark's Information Repository and Funtime Emporium (1:103/208.201)


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