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I would also imagine that in addition to those three, regular old-fashioned attenuation would degrade the signal at significant enough distances as well, no? Or

by dvtrn 5y ago

I would also imagine that in addition to those three, regular old-fashioned attenuation would degrade the signal at significant enough distances as well, no? Or is that not an issue in the vacuum of space?

chillacy 5y ago
My understanding is that the attenuation at distance is a function of geometry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law
- dhosek 5y ago
  Yep. It's why pretty much every force follows the inverse square law, whether it's RF signal strength, sound volume, electromagnetic attraction or gravity.
  - scheme271 5y ago
    Sort of, the strong and weak nuclear forces don't.