[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by cptbutton

One of my own IMTU ideas is that if a planet has any significant habitation at all, there will be a basic set of communication, weather, and navigation satellites.

I take that pretty much for granted, assuming they are reasonably technologically advanced or in contact with someone who is and are not constrained by troublesome or otherwise unusual circumstances (Vargr dropping by every year sort of qualifies as troublesome for instance).