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In addition to the good points raised nearby: The data rate from radio telescopes is enormous.
by mturmon 8y ago
In addition to the good points raised nearby: The data rate from radio telescopes is enormous.
- twothamendment 8y agoJust put a 5G tower on the radio tele... nevermind.
- sandworm101 8y agoData rates are high for the particular types of astronomy being done today because they are the cheaper capability. Adding new electronics to existing telescopes is less expensive than building a larger dish. But any astronomer would trade those date rates for the greater sensitivity/resolution and decreased noise of a massive space-based dish.
- nine_k 8y agoThe stream is also in one direction. I suspect an optical (laser) emitter could transmit either directly to Earth or to a retransmission satellite at GSO that already has a beefy radio downlink, and also serves as a regular comm sat.