Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million mileswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down115
arrow-up1625arrow-down1external-linkNASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million mileswww.cbsnews.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareSirHery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·10 months agoWell realtime is just not true. But cool technology nonetheless.
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minus-squarepaholg@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·10 months agoIt’s really not at these scales. Earth and Mars go from roughly 4 light minutes apart to over 20. At the best case, saying something and then waiting 8 minutes for a response is hardly what I’d call “real time”.
minus-squareMartineski@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoSpeed of light is insanely slow at the cosmic scale.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·10 months agoNo, it’s not slow, at all. It’s the speed of light. Unfortunately for us humans, we are a relatively fast form of life, when compared against the scale of our solar system, much less our galaxy, even when communicating at the speed of light.
Well realtime is just not true. But cool technology nonetheless.
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It’s really not at these scales. Earth and Mars go from roughly 4 light minutes apart to over 20.
At the best case, saying something and then waiting 8 minutes for a response is hardly what I’d call “real time”.
Speed of light is insanely slow at the cosmic scale.
No, it’s not slow, at all. It’s the speed of light.
Unfortunately for us humans, we are a relatively fast form of life, when compared against the scale of our solar system, much less our galaxy, even when communicating at the speed of light.