Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cunyvm!nyser!cmx!amax.npac.syr.edu!anand From: anand@amax.npac.syr.edu (Anand Rangachari) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Space Shuttle communications on shortwave Message-ID: <615@cmx.npac.syr.edu> Date: 11 Sep 88 14:21:02 GMT References: <1255@ncspm.ncsu.edu> <6376@dasys1.UUCP> Sender: usenet@cmx.npac.syr.edu Reply-To: anand@nic.nyser.net (Anand Rangachari) Distribution: na Organization: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center Lines: 20 In article <6376@dasys1.UUCP> tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes: >I wonder if you noticed that item in the STS-26 Release about the >infrared intercom system they're going to try out. It would replace >the RF cabin loop they currently use. The whole point: providing >a "secure" communications environment inside the orbiter (RF leaks >but IR won't). Oh joy! You can bet from now on only two kinds of >Star Wars stuff will take place on Shuttle missions: the successes >DOD chooses to trumpet, and "no news." I too read the section about using IR to communicate. My wonder is that they are making such a fuss about it. I have a copy of the DAK catalog which lists a gadget that transmits TV sound modulated on IR that allows you to watch TV in bed and not bother with long cords. This gadget costs about $100. Maybe NASA should spend more time looking up catalogs for Edmund Scientific and DAK. I doubt however that the new system was developed to secure the shuttle. They probably did not want too many stray RF sources around those comm sats. R. Anand