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.
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@jamesthomson Must be some powerful and very precise lasers.
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@dmd @jamesthomson It is a pity the OP hasn't given us a link to source information, but I'm guessing the lasers are on satellites, so they don't pass through any atmosphere and thus don't suffer attenuation: they don't need to be all that powerful!
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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.
@jamesthomson easier to get a tightbeam from Tycho Station
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@dmd @jamesthomson It is a pity the OP hasn't given us a link to source information, but I'm guessing the lasers are on satellites, so they don't pass through any atmosphere and thus don't suffer attenuation: they don't need to be all that powerful!
@khleedril @dmd As requested! https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/esc/o2o/
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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.
@jamesthomson Although… the latency is pretty bad and getting worse.
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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.
@jamesthomson I'm sure that beats my internet here on the ground.
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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.
@jamesthomson and as the software uses npm and needs constant updates, every megabit is needed!
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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.
@jamesthomson better than rural broadband
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@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?
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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.
@jamesthomson Closer to the moon than Earth and yet they have internet that's way way faster than mine.
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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.
@jamesthomson and yet…
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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.
@jamesthomson The modem is pretty wild.
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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.
@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.
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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.
@jamesthomson
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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.
@jamesthomson damn, wish that was possible to do terrestrially.
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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.
@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.
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