Lighting Up the Sky: The Future of Satellite Communications.(Boeing Co.'s Harry C. Stonecipher addresses Satellite 2001 Conference)(Transcript)
Executive Speeches, August, 2001 by Stonecipher, Harry C.
Thanks, Jim. After a stirring introduction like that, I really feel that some sort of disclaimer is in order before I even attempt to convey my view of the future in satellite communications.
With that in mind, I will tell you a story about one of the real heroes of science, James Clark Maxwell, the greatest theoretical physicist of the nineteenth century. This is a story with a touch of stardust and romance.
Using equations determined by simple laboratory experiments with electric and magnetic fields, Maxwell was able to calculate the speed of light -- which had been previously determined through various means of measurement. In doing so, Maxwell apprehended the nature of light. He realized that light consists of electromagnetic waves within a...
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