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[–] Yorick@sh.itjust.works 121 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The magic of a clear line of sight and vacuum for a good ~384'300km!

So should we do low power communications by using the moon as reflector dish?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 91 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also, directional vs omnidirectional antennas.

[–] facepainter@lemm.ee 49 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is the most important part.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And not encoding any data. Well a laser pulse is kind of datum.

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 22 points 4 days ago

One bit! That’s all you get!

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There was a NSA program that listened to soviet messages by collecting the transmissions that bounced off the moon.

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I gotta say, the moon’s really starting to sound like a fucking snitch.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 27 points 4 days ago

Two thirds of a million kilometres under good conditions and at a precise angle to get a picture of goatse moontooth'd to my phone

Welcome to 2025!

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I am worried about 2000ms ping

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 4 days ago

That's what the anti-tachyon modulation circuit is for, to change the time phase and remove most of that lag. Once they're in sync, it's literally real time!