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NASA uses laser link to beam data 140 million miles across space at 25 Mbps (www.techspot.com)

submitted 6 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/tech@programming.dev

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn, 753 light seconds away (about 12.5 light minutes if my math is correct). 25 mbps is pretty good at that distance. Awesome feat of engineering.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

And hitting a moving object in space at that distance for 12 minutes is impressive too! You have to know where the object will be 12 minutes ahead of time all the way. That's science right there.

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