Soldato
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Here's hoping it will be fully operational next month!
So with it having more modern equipment, how fast will it transmit data back to Earth, I wondered?
Then I had a quick Google. Up to 28Mbit/s. Pretty decent.
The whole world was watching and they did the count down in French.
Watching with some kids and it was a bummer for them, what a way to not inspire a generation.
Anyone with interaction with young kids knows that countdown is one of the best parts for them.
Seems decent, wonder what the latency is on that connection . And a lot faster than the speeds they have for the likes of Mars and Voyagers - though hardly surprising with the distance involved.So with it having more modern equipment, how fast will it transmit data back to Earth, I wondered?
Then I had a quick Google. Up to 28Mbit/s. Pretty decent.
It's going to be around a million miles away, I think?Seems decent, wonder what the latency is on that connection .
The whole world was watching and they did the count down in French.
Watching with some kids and it was a bummer for them, what a way to not inspire a generation.
Anyone with interaction with young kids knows that countdown is one of the best parts for them.
The whole world was watching and they did the count down in French.
Watching with some kids and it was a bummer for them, what a way to not inspire a generation.
Anyone with interaction with young kids knows that countdown is one of the best parts for them.
Not quite 13.7 billion, as that's when the big bang happened. Won't be able to ever see that far back, at least under current laws of physics.
Because of the way light travels through space, we see it years later.Ok so this is all over my head.
How can we look billions of years into the past with this telescope..?
Ok so this is all over my head.
How can we look billions of years into the past with this telescope..?
Ok so this is all over my head.
How can we look billions of years into the past with this telescope..?
Some stars you can see in the sky might not actually be there any more.