For the first time, NASA has used lasers to send data from deep space to Earth — and the data for the historic demonstration was a cat video.

Finally, the singularity has happened.

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    They keep reiterating “faster, faster”. But the discussion is “laser” vs. “radio”.

    Surprise: both travel at the speed of light. Both are the same speed.

    Hmmm.

    Are they afraid of having to explain “bandwidth”?

    • Randomgal@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      It is how “fast” they can transfer x amount of information. Not how fast the material being used to encode information can move through space.