SAN JOSE ---
Renzel Space Quest Laboratories has announced that the long awaited
manufacturing contract for the Protoculus Space-Eye components has
been made. Stuart Gibson, Project Manager, has identified the
successful contractor for the Protoculus Entities as Silicon
Valley's computer maker, Ximark Control Corporation; and the
contractor for the Protocukus Host as Satire Communication Links of
Berkeley.
"This is a major product of the current Presidental
administration's Technology Reinvestment Program, an I know that the
Vive-President, who has labored hard for this reality, shares my
enthusiam in maling these awards," Gilbson decvlsared with Pride,
naming the recipients at the Yalley Tech Advisory Council's meeting
at Lou's Village restaurant yesterday.
Protoculus is a portmanteau word used to define the concept
of the single-celled space eyes that are dispersed at regular
intervals high in the thermoshere. The individual cells, or
Entities, communicate to snd from a Host satellite and each of the
280 orbiting Entities provide highly resolved, and in some cases
animated, video transmissions from within optically faceted spheres.
The Entities are capable of forming a contiguous umbrella and the
output of one converges and overlays with the output of any adjacebt
Entity.
The original Protculus had been classified a spy satellite
project, but once the Soviet Union was disbanded the project was
headed for indefinite shelving. However, the original architects of
the project approached some avant-garde industries of the
tectnically developed countries and eventually found fourteen
companies that were prepared in a multi-national consortium and
continue the project.
The venture is now a peacetime, largley commercial, venture
relating to weather and natural phenomena observation. Its projected
resolution of 1/100 of a meter, or one centimeter, will allow
stragic and tactical decisions to be made
from highly accurate
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depictions of earth-bound situations such as wild fires, floods
earthquake displacements, tsunamis, and weather situations from 230
miles aloft using highly refines visual displays. The project will
include extra-terrestial technical considerations; while operating
and reporting in the rarified environment relating to objects (such
as meteors or meteorites) nearing, approaching or impacting the
Earth. At the end of the service life of any individual Entity it
will re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up, so as not to become part
of the 'space junk mix.' Periodic Shuttle flights will launch
replacement Entities.
"Renzel will operate as the prime contractor in a
quasi-governmental capacity, being responsible to NASA (the National
Aeronautic and Space Administration) and will be coordinating the
manufacturing with a space shuttle launch on December 8th, two years
from now," Gibson announced.
"In addition to these two principles," Gibson continued,
"Omnex Incorporated of Milpitas, also one of the fourteen partners,
will be supplying an entirely new microprocessor for control of the
dispersed and orbiting units." Then Gibson introduced Zachery
Anders, the well known CEO of Omnex.
A newly developed microprocessor technology," Anders began,
"will combine increased capacity with the ability to operate at
mininscule voltage thresholds. The processor, the Omnex MM512, will
be the first to be produced with these attributes and are expected
to satisfy gowing demands on cellular, entertainment, gaming and
datastream industries. At Omnex we will also be expanding our
Regulation Share Program by establishing rhw manufacturing plant for
the MM512 outside of Mexico City as our hand-shake contribution to
the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA," Anders concluded,
speaking for Omnex.
The contract award amounts remain undisclosed and Mexican
trade officials have not been available for comment, yet.
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