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NASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million miles (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lower latency than broadband...?

If you're getting >100s ping times you might want to have them come out to check your lines.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Something tells me you're not getting sub 100ms latency with broadband over 19 million miles

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, if their point was that a straight-shot laser had lower point-to-point latency than a system with a bunch of non-direct links, intermediate switches, routers, mix of copper and fiber, etc... Well, no kidding.

Didn't say anything about 100ms though. I was guessing maybe they read 100ms though. Still not sure what the point was.