<![CDATA[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.]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c7da77cc-e362-460a-9e6a-b881a1ed64f5/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.RSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 23:39:27 GMTSat, 04 Apr 2026 17:35:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:56:42 GMT]]>@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. 😛

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paco/statuses/116348433394652447https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paco/statuses/116348433394652447Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:43:44 GMT]]>@jamesthomson damn, wish that was possible to do terrestrially.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotopenguin/statuses/116348382394777470https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotopenguin/statuses/116348382394777470Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:43:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:43:00 GMT]]>@jamesthomson
They must have been doing _something_ in the last half century.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116348379508196011https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116348379508196011Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:43:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:32:21 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.me.uk/users/revk/statuses/116348337642459245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.me.uk/users/revk/statuses/116348337642459245Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:32:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:07:33 GMT]]>@jamesthomson The modem is pretty wild.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jeffwatkins/statuses/116348240072744274https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jeffwatkins/statuses/116348240072744274Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:07:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:04:41 GMT]]>@jamesthomson and yet…

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gnb/statuses/116348228847403329https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gnb/statuses/116348228847403329Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:04:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:56:59 GMT]]>@jamesthomson Closer to the moon than Earth and yet they have internet that's way way faster than mine.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/retrosponge/statuses/116348198539975303https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/retrosponge/statuses/116348198539975303Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:56:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:56:07 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/mikesax/statuses/116348195131587948https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/mikesax/statuses/116348195131587948Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:56:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:38:38 GMT]]>@jamesthomson better than rural broadband

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/116348126376441078https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/116348126376441078Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:38:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:21:40 GMT]]>@jamesthomson and as the software uses npm and needs constant updates, every megabit is needed!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/thomasmey/statuses/116348059655389457https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/thomasmey/statuses/116348059655389457Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:21:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:51:49 GMT]]>@jamesthomson I'm sure that beats my internet here on the ground.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/ghostradio/statuses/116347942283867933https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/ghostradio/statuses/116347942283867933Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:51:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:38:15 GMT]]>@jamesthomson Although… the latency is pretty bad and getting worse. 😁 The light in those lasers will soon have to travel for >1 second.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/mikesax/statuses/116347888972468437https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/mikesax/statuses/116347888972468437Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:38:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:25:48 GMT]]>@khleedril @dmd As requested! https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/esc/o2o/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/116347840010860069https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/116347840010860069Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:23:39 GMT]]>@jamesthomson easier to get a tightbeam from Tycho Station

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/neurobashing/statuses/116347831563444261https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/neurobashing/statuses/116347831563444261Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:23:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:19:42 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116347816046192166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116347816046192166Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:19:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:17:03 GMT]]>@jamesthomson They only want to talk about potatoes and spreadsheets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116347805566172047https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116347805566172047Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:17:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:12:10 GMT]]>@jamesthomson I think satellite internet things in low orbit also talk to each other via laser? It's nice and directional where other wavelengths has a tendency to spread in many directions.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116347786375163037https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116347786375163037Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:12:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:56:23 GMT]]>@chockenberry Somewhere in 1997!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/116347724353982981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/116347724353982981Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:56:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:52:09 GMT]]>@jamesthomson

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ggete/statuses/116347707697975479https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ggete/statuses/116347707697975479Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:52:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:48:18 GMT]]>@jamesthomson YEAH BUT WHERES THEIR PORN FOLDER

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/chockenberry/statuses/116347692560962960https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/chockenberry/statuses/116347692560962960Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:48:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:47:39 GMT]]>@jamesthomson Must be some powerful and very precise lasers.

Advisory for astronauts: Please do not look directly at the internet

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dmd/statuses/116347689990471166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dmd/statuses/116347689990471166Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:47:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:44:02 GMT]]>@jamesthomson Fiber optic without fiber?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ashkendo/statuses/116347675775750334https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ashkendo/statuses/116347675775750334Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:44:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:43:04 GMT]]>@ismh86 Big laser is keeping you in the dark!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/116347671970353890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/116347671970353890Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:43:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:41:04 GMT]]>@jamesthomson But you should see the ping times. Oof!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Ardvaark/statuses/116347664131990218https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Ardvaark/statuses/116347664131990218Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:41:04 GMT