Space Technology affects us all

Images: Stratellite; Sanswire fleet proposal
Info:What is a Stratellite?; Why should I care?; Sanswire.com

The technology for exploring Space provides rewards to those of us who will never set foot off the planet. Sure, we know about Tang and solar panels, but what have they done for us lately?
Well, the same technologically advanced materials once only developed for NASA are now available to private companies looking to discover the "next big thing."
Sanswire Networks, LLC seems to be leading the pack. Here's a blurb from their Web site:


FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--May 9, 2005--Sanswire Networks, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp., today announced that the Stratellite prototype, Sanswire One, has been completed, floated and tested. The new design increased the overall size of the airship to 188 feet in length and is believed to be the largest rigid frame airship in existence.


So What? Read this, from their main page:


Our goal from the time we made our first wireless connection, has been to create a way that our subscribers could move freely around the country while staying connected to the Internet at high-speed....


Telephone, Internet, any telecommunications whatsoever; All of it will soon travel uninterrupted around the planet. Think it's a small world now? Just wait a few more years...