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    The Moon is Now a Wi-Fi Hotspot science blogs.discovermagazine.com
    pushcx avatar via pushcx 2 years ago | cached | 4 comments

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    anfedorov avatar anfedorov 2 years ago | link

    Infrared lasers. Sweet. I wonder if these can be used on earth in leu of radio waves when one has line-of-sight. How do they fare in rain or fog?

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      wrs avatar wrs 2 years ago | link

      Yes they can, and not so great.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-space_optical_communication

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        anfedorov avatar anfedorov 2 years ago | link

        Even sweeter than lasers… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_communication_in_space

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      voronoipotato avatar voronoipotato 2 years ago | link

      Your ping would be terrible.