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At 32 billion kilometers distance, 2° off target means the communication beam is missing Earth by about 1.1 billion kilometers. EDIT: This is about 7.4AU. If J
by moron4hire 3y ago
At 32 billion kilometers distance, 2° off target means the communication beam is missing Earth by about 1.1 billion kilometers.
EDIT: This is about 7.4AU. If Jupiter and Saturn were in a line from Earth right now, this distance from Earth would be about the halfway point between the two gas giants. So no, we also won't be launching a rocket to go catch the beam just to re-establish comms.