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criddell 2 hours ago

If we had a probe in orbit around this planet, do we have a way to stream data across 48 light years with any kind of reliability?

gibybo 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Send a lot of them and have them act as relays

DaveZale an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

why, so they can watch corporate news from earth to get depressed? /s

Actually, it's a great question. Even if we have single photon sensitivity detectors, just what kind of power would a laser need? Or would it be some other area of the emf spectrum? Or some other kind of communication? Sci fi ventures into gravitational waves sometimes