[Sis-csi] 2:30 Eastern it is

[Scott, Keith L.]

The whole forward and return terminology sprung from (I think)
cellphone technology and assumes that there's a 'center' and an 'edge'.
If I'm an astronaut using a lunar relay both to command a distant rover
and to send telemetry to Earth, am I transmitting on a forward or a
return link?
 
Links are links.  (wasn't there a 1970s commercial with that theme?)
 
        --keith


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[mailto:sis-csi-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org] On Behalf Of Adrian J. Hooke
	Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:40 PM
	To: Cislunar Space Internetworking
	Subject: RE: [Sis-csi] 2:30 Eastern it is
	
	
	At 12:41 PM 1/25/2007, Scott, Keith L. wrote:
	

		"What is 'uplink'?"


	Aren't the correct terms "forward link" and "return link"?
	
	///adrian
	
	

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