• @Yorick@sh.itjust.works
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    12313 days ago

    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?

    • @Hugin@lemmy.world
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      4113 days ago

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

      • DaveyRocket
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        12 days ago

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

    • PhobosAnomaly
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      2713 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!

      • Rhaedas
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        813 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!