Robert Clark wrote:

I had been thinking about methods of high data rate transmission in
regards to getting *video* transmissions from Mars orbiter missions.

Would modulating a 1 GW continuous laser at Mars be sufficient? The
laser is already in place - and running,
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http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/race.htm

Hey stooopid - what happened to the Mars surface space face? You
dumped a gigabyte of crap extolling it. Where's the compost?

Even with light you couldn't do this with a single telescope.
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What, a gigagatt continuous is not enough? Give an idiot the answer
and obtain NASA ratiocinating on how to get to the moon (and
presumably, back).

I had also been trying to
come up with a method of having an illuminated image either on the
Moon or in lunar orbit that would be visible to the naked eye on
Earth. Such an idea was discussed he
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http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/1380/crmoon.html

idiot

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