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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

NASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million miles

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NASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million miles

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

NASA, working to send high-bandwidth video and data from deep space to Earth, transmitted a video of a cat named Taters as part of an experiment.

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They’re new high tech lasers that go faster than the speed of light!
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  Actually, most latency issues at that scale are due to the relays themselves. Earth diameter is only 42 light-ms
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    19 million miles is 102 light seconds.

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