There was a NSA program that listened to soviet messages by collecting the transmissions that bounced off the moon.
Comment on that about 1/1000 of your phones RF power output, and the distance is 384400km
Yorick@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
The magic of a clear line of sight and vacuum for a good ~384’300km!
So should we do low power communications by using the moon as reflector dish?
Hugin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I gotta say, the moons really starting to sound like a fucking snitch.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 days ago
Two thirds of a million kilometres under good conditions and at a precise angle to get a picture of goatse moontooth’d to my phone
Welcome to 2025!
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
I am worried about 2sec ping
slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Also, directional vs omnidirectional antennas.
facepainter@lemm.ee 4 days ago
This is the most important part.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
And not encoding any data. Well a laser pulse is kind of datum.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
One bit! That’s all you get!