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rgbrenner
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but information is one of the only things that is free to transport over planets and almost without delay.
Just FYI, RTT to Mars to between 6 minutes and 44 minutes.
golergka
on May 20, 2015
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I don't think that RTT of this magnitude would create significant merge problems.
dvdfvo
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Yes. A difference of 4 orders of magnitude.
burnte
on May 20, 2015
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It's actually less than one order of magnitude. If it were variable from 6 to 60 then it'd be a full order of magnitude, but never four.
sfilipov
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I believe he meant transporting information compared to transporting physical goods to Mars. The first takes minutes, the other - hundreds of days.
dvdfvo
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Yes. I though it was obvious from the context of my parent comment.
napoleond
on May 20, 2015
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I assume they mean from ~200ms to ~20min (i.e. comparing to Earth RTT), which is indeed 4 orders of magnitude.
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Just FYI, RTT to Mars to between 6 minutes and 44 minutes.