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I wonder if this also means future astronauts will have wifi when launching to moon/mars. Imagine watching watching a movie while taking off to somewhere distan

I wonder if this also means future astronauts will have wifi when launching to moon/mars. Imagine watching watching a movie while taking off to somewhere distant

miduil 4y ago
This kinda implies we haven't invented local storage yet
- sandworm101 4y ago
  Shhh. Local storage is a secret. The modern internet economy is based on profiting from "on demand" content delivered over a connection that can be monitized... and cut off for non-payment. Privately-hosted content like CDs or hard drives will soon be outlawed. Buy a NAS now while ypu still can.
mlindner 4y ago
Starlink antennas only aim downward so no it can't even be used to talk to other satellites/spacecraft, let alone the moon. Though there are planned tests to try to link to the network via the laser connections, but that would require being relatively nearby, at least with the current design. Also even if it was facing upwards, the entire reason why they're using LEO satellites is to get low latency to get network performance similar to what you get with terrestrial service. If you're far away from the Earth then none of that is true.
1023bytes 4y ago
Mars is 3 minutes away at the speed of light at it's closest. So e-mails at best.
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  > 3 minutes away That's latency, not throughput. Streaming a pre-filmed movie is sensitive to the latter, not the former.
chrisseaton 4y ago
> Imagine watching watching a movie while taking off to somewhere distant A movie is only a few GB - you can already store them locally on your phone.
- april_22 4y ago
  Haha sorry my bad
OJFord 4y ago
You could just.. not stream it? Like large planes on long distance routes (at least) have shown films for decades, and we watched films from discs or cassettes at home before broadband internet.
ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
Imagine being able to watch a movie without internet access... maybe one day.
idk1 4y ago
If only they'd invent a way to watch movies without streaming them!

I wonder if this also means future astronauts will have wifi when launching to moon/mars. Imagine watching watching a movie while taking off to somewhere distant

miduil 4y ago

This kinda implies we haven't invented local storage yet

sandworm101 4y ago
Shhh. Local storage is a secret. The modern internet economy is based on profiting from "on demand" content delivered over a connection that can be monitized... and cut off for non-payment. Privately-hosted content like CDs or hard drives will soon be outlawed. Buy a NAS now while ypu still can.

mlindner 4y ago

Starlink antennas only aim downward so no it can't even be used to talk to other satellites/spacecraft, let alone the moon. Though there are planned tests to try to link to the network via the laser connections, but that would require being relatively nearby, at least with the current design. Also even if it was facing upwards, the entire reason why they're using LEO satellites is to get low latency to get network performance similar to what you get with terrestrial service. If you're far away from the Earth then none of that is true.

1023bytes 4y ago

Mars is 3 minutes away at the speed of light at it's closest. So e-mails at best.

chrisseaton 4y ago
> 3 minutes away That's latency, not throughput. Streaming a pre-filmed movie is sensitive to the latter, not the former.

chrisseaton 4y ago

> Imagine watching watching a movie while taking off to somewhere distant A movie is only a few GB - you can already store them locally on your phone.

april_22 4y ago
Haha sorry my bad

OJFord 4y ago

You could just.. not stream it? Like large planes on long distance routes (at least) have shown films for decades, and we watched films from discs or cassettes at home before broadband internet.

ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago

Imagine being able to watch a movie without internet access... maybe one day.

idk1 4y ago

If only they'd invent a way to watch movies without streaming them!