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   "Max Power"  wrote in message   
   news:e9d4jr$j7u$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu...   
   > Hard drives on 'Deep Space' missions: any idea why they are never used?   
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   > 4 x 100 Gb drives could store enough data such that it could take up to 6   
   > months to trickle the data back at 24,000 kbs (assuming high power   
   > downlink   
   > and turbo codes).   
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   power requirements, or perhaps the need to "float" the head on a cushion of   
   air to prevent head crashes.   
      
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