tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post3673091966285618254..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Closer Than We Think! Lunar Mailbag (1960)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-8681692792668562052007-06-04T21:08:00.000-04:002007-06-04T21:08:00.000-04:00I think there actually was an unimplemented scheme...I think there actually was an unimplemented scheme floated sometime around the Carter administration for e-mail that would go through the US Postal Service and be delivered as paper hardcopy. Of course that's not too different from what telegram companies had been doing for ages. Fax technology of some sort had also existed for decades, used mostly in journalism.<BR/><BR/>The idea of bouncing radio messages off the moon had some popularity slightly before comsats became prevalent, which was only a few years after this article appeared. It's interesting that it's presented as the more gee-whiz option when it is actually considerably more primitive.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404920751035863730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-35974685100511892502007-05-31T15:38:00.000-04:002007-05-31T15:38:00.000-04:00I don't think any email is bounced off the moon. B...I don't think any email is bounced off the moon. But you may not have meant literally.<BR/><BR/>The article is actually rather unimaginative even for 1960.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-88891808488675277362007-05-30T17:33:00.000-04:002007-05-30T17:33:00.000-04:00Doesn't all email already bounce off the moon? I ...Doesn't all email already bounce off the moon? I can't even believe anyone thought there could be a more efficient way to send an electronic message.artbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433629152846483162noreply@blogger.com