> I mean how do you transfer that amount of data at this long range without loss?! Is that even possible? Yes: https://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/nasa-las

> I mean how do you transfer that amount of data at this long range without loss?! Is that even possible? Yes: https://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/nasa-laser-communication-system-sets-record-with-data-transmissions-to-and-from https://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/nasa-laser-communica... Also of interest, we see 0.5-4 mbit/s to Mars with the MRO: https://mars.nasa.gov/mro/mission/communications/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mro/mission/communications/ So it would take a few hours but one could transfer one of those images to/from Mars using tech that's been deployed for 13 years.