From dnilsson@netcom.com Tue Oct 10 14:34:54 1995
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From: dnilsson@netcom.com (Dave Nilsson)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP.
Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden.

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

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From lpark@purdue.edu Wed Oct 11 15:34:54 1995
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From: lpark@purdue.edu (Lucia Park)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Oct10.143454.5394@netcom.com>, dnilsson@netcom.com (Dave Nilsson) writes:
> The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.
> In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP.

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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