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Wait … WHAT? Wi-Fi Now Available On The Moon. A Big Wave Hello to the Moon! How Much Does it Cost? Who Is Getting It? (Video)
Wi-Fi Now Available On The Moon. How Much Does it Cost? Who Is Getting It?
May 31 2014
Keeping in touch with ET? Of course my first reaction was a chuckle but after hearing how this will be used, it makes sense. IF, that is, a big “if” it’s the true reason. You know, I’ve gotten too cynical. There has got to be an ulterior motive behind this that brings nothing but bad things to us.
There is now Wi-Fi on the moon. Scientists at MIT and NASA said last week they discovered how to transmit data to space by lasers – technology that could be used by future missions to Mars and other planets.
If future generations live or work on the moon, scientists say, a broadband connection would allow them to keep in touch with family and friends back on Earth.
Four separate telescopes based in New Mexico were used to send an uplink signal to a receiver mounted on a satellite orbiting the moon. Each telescope, about 6 inches in diameter, transmits information to the lunar satellite as coded pulses of infrared light, Discovery News reported.
The MIT and NASA scientists behind the project will present their findings at CLEO laser technology conference in California on June 9.
The team succeeded in transmitting data across the 238,999-mile distance between Earth and its moon at a rate of 19.44 megabits per second, comparable to a slower broadband connection speed, according to Discovery News.
Once transmitted to the lunar satellite, they were able to download data at a rate of 622 mbps, which is over 4,000 times faster than radio transmission speeds currently used to send information between Earth and the Moon, according to Wired. Such speeds would allow large data transfers and high definition video streaming.
But sending information as light through Earth’s atmosphere isn’t without challenges, researchers said. Read more or listen to video provided in this post.
Are you prepared?
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