Apparently, the Artemis II has 260 Mbps internet via lasers, I guess technology has improved a little bit since the last time we were visiting the moon.

[mikesax@mas.to]

@jamesthomson Although… the latency is pretty bad and getting worse. The light in those lasers will soon have to travel for >1 second.

[ghostradio@mindly.social]

@jamesthomson I'm sure that beats my internet here on the ground.

[thomasmey@social.tchncs.de]

@jamesthomson and as the software uses npm and needs constant updates, every megabit is needed!

[peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv]

@jamesthomson better than rural broadband

[mikesax@mas.to]

@jgg @jamesthomson One or more repeaters in Moon orbit to preserve line-of-sight would be pretty awesome. I wonder if they could just be (adjustable) mirrors?

[retrosponge@kind.social]

@jamesthomson Closer to the moon than Earth and yet they have internet that's way way faster than mine.

[gnb@mastodon.social]

@jamesthomson and yet…

[jeffwatkins@mastodon.social]

@jamesthomson The modem is pretty wild.

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@jamesthomson 260M at 1+ sec latency is weird. The tech on that must be impressive. Has to be some TCP spoofed stuff. I’d love to find details.

[brouhaha@mastodon.social]

@jamesthomson
They must have been doing _something_ in the last half century.

[rotopenguin@mastodon.social]

@jamesthomson damn, wish that was possible to do terrestrially.

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@jamesthomson The anecdote I heard was that shortly after “one small step for man” they sent the equivalent of a core dump. I wonder how many stack traces they’ve sent over those fancy-ass lasers so far.