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Yes, but at what latency? That's the big pie in the sky with space intercommunication. Typical (pre-StarLink) latencies with satellite are like 3k milliseconds.

• s0sa 4y ago
  Why is latency the “big pie in the sky”? We’re not talking about counter strike or Halo CE matches here, we’re talking about the ability to transmit large amounts of data from deep space very fast.
  • djha-skin 4y ago
    The fastest way to transmit data (albeit not from space) is FedEx (mailing hard drives). This is not ideal. Why? Latency. That's what makes networks better than pigeons.
    • s0sa 4y ago
      Quick! Someone tell NASA they can FedEx to Mars!
• stephen_g 4y ago
  On what service? I have done a lot of military SATCOM, and our normal rount-trip latencies to geostationary could be as low as ~560ms. Not anything like as low as LEO (which are far, far closer to earth) but not unusable.