Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ece-csc!ncsuvx!gatech!ukma!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!cooper!dasys1!tneff From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Space Shuttle communications on shortwave Message-ID: <6607@dasys1.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 15:38:41 GMT References: <1255@ncspm.ncsu.edu> <6376@dasys1.UUCP> <615@cmx.npac.syr.edu> Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Distribution: na Organization: Independent Users Guild Lines: 27 In article <615@cmx.npac.syr.edu> anand@nic.nyser.net (Anand Rangachari) writes: >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). ... > > 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. Rick Hauck or Pinky Nelson was just quoted either in this newsgroup or in one of the space mags (I forget which right now, I read so darn much!) confirming my suggested rationale for the IR cabin loop. They want to keep DOD missions secure. -- Tom Neff UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff "None of your toys CIS: 76556,2536 MCI: TNEFF will function..." GEnie: TOMNEFF BIX: t.neff (no kidding)