SpaceViews schrijft dat de spacekabouters van SkyCorp het wazige plan hebben opgevat om een PowerMac G4 webserver in space te hangen. Een satelliet met G4 moet ergens volgend jaar gelanceerd worden. De webserver zal zijn data via een op Apple's AirPort lijkende technologie aan de aarde serveren:
SkyCorp said it will fly an Apple Macintosh G4 computer in an experimental satellite it is planning to deploy from the space shuttle during a flight next year. The announcement was made Saturday at the Silicon Valley Space Enterprise Symposium in San Jose, a conference sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation that brought together space entrepreneurs and potential investors.
"This Web server will utilize standard computer technology, modified for space," said Dennis Wingo, CEO of SkyCorp. "Apple Computer has agreed to provide hardware and technical support to SkyCorp for this venture."
Users would be able to access the server using wireless networking protocols, including a SkyCorp-developed variant of Apple's existing AirPort wireless networking technology, as the satellite passed overhead. The server would largely contain technology and hardware test data.
