From apetrov@inria.fr Fri Sep 15 21:03:48 1995
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From: apetrov@inria.fr (Amy Petrov)
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Subject: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives.
One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites?

When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate?

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Amy Petrov | apetrov@inria.fr
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From sduarte@kiae.su Sun Sep 17 11:20:48 1995
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From: sduarte@kiae.su (Sergei Duarte)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Sep15.210348.8583@inria.fr>, apetrov@inria.fr (Amy Petrov) writes:
> The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.'

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=== Sergei Duarte ===
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From bokonkwo@kiae.su Mon Sep 18 10:45:48 1995
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From: bokonkwo@kiae.su (Bruno Okonkwo)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Sep15.210348.8583@inria.fr>, apetrov@inria.fr (Amy Petrov) writes:
> The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

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=== Bruno Okonkwo ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."