points by gumby 1 day ago | 0 comments
Fun Iridium trivia: it was originally designed to need 77 satellites, hence the name. By the time they deployed they’d figured out they’d only need 66, but for some reason didn’t change their name to Dysprosium.
[–] Slartie 1 day ago
[–] idoescompooters 4 hours ago
There's another good Iridium book called "Creating Iridium" by Hillis.
And while you're at it, read "Chip Wars" by Christopher R. Miller as well. Extremely good read to understand tomorrows' most relevant geopolitical conflict.