Except you don't have astronauts going to the vast majority of the 1000s of satellites orbiting the planet. So apart from the 1-2 active space stations, where

Except you don't have astronauts going to the vast majority of the 1000s of satellites orbiting the planet. So apart from the 1-2 active space stations, where people go without having to do a full $100 million launch, I'd say laser transmission is a pretty good option for transferring data