Nope, it just takes this long for the data to travel 588 million kilometres [1]. Also the space craft will have a low powered transmitter. [1] http://www.space

Nope, it just takes this long for the data to travel 588 million kilometres [1]. Also the space craft will have a low powered transmitter. [1] http://www.space.com/18383-how-far-away-is-jupiter.html http://www.space.com/18383-how-far-away-is-jupiter.html