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		The_Double on Jan 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Isaac Asimov Predicts in 1964 What the World Will ... 10/22/2013 NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/nasa-laser-communicat...

mturmon on Jan 2, 2014 [–]

Thanks for finding this link.

This has been a technology under development for a long time. The typical technology for deep space communications is radio. There are a few missions coming up that will require this bandwidth.

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