NASA Hopes Its Tissue Box-Sized Satellite Can Set a New Laser Speed Record - Gizmodo

The space agency is seeking more efficient ways of communicating with spacecraft as it prepares for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

A tiny gold-coated satellite lifted off from Earth on Wednesday with a rather large goal in mind for NASA: beam down data at the fastest rate ever achieved by space lasers. The space agencys TeraBy… [+2890 chars]

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