18 Jan
1999
18 Jan
'99
7:19 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Depending on relative positions in orbit, round-trip time never gets
to be more than about 45 minutes. And there would have to be some
equipment running to receive and retransmit, signal loss after
bouncing is severe, even if lasers were used, let alone long waves
like radio.
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How about we start sending all our precious data
into space via radio
waves towards some big celestial body (like one of Jupiter's moons) so
that in X years it will bounce back and we can then retrieve it
Jupiter's moons are nowhere near far enough away for this. Radio waves
travel at the speed of light. I'm not sure how far away jupiter is, but
it's a lot less than 1 light year.