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"3.9 GB per year (0.987 kbps!) of data could be transmitted over its primary mission" That's pretty restricting. I guess we won't see many high res videos or p
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
"3.9 GB per year (0.987 kbps!) of data could be transmitted over its primary mission"
That's pretty restricting. I guess we won't see many high res videos or picture.
- walrus01 7y agoPath loss, Shannon limit. Until we figure out how to build 150 meter parabolic dishes in orbit, or on the moon to supplant the NASA deep space network.
- solstice 7y agoOr put a heat and radiation resistant usb-drive in a capsule (complete with small parachute) loaded on a sling shot directed at Earth. Would certainly take a long time but would be fun. Seriously though: what about launching a rocket in the direction of the outer solar system that launches mini relay satellites that act as a mesh network? Put a few bigger ones in the asteroid belt and the rest in various Lagrange points around Mars, Jupiter, Saturn etc.