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bradadams5000 t1_je8dbzk wrote

I think they would be better off just using a few dedicated radio frequencies to transmit data. As the article indicates, Motorola did it in 1969 on Apollo missions. Of course, it was analog, but digital can be done the same way.

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Bryguy3k t1_jeb2rwy wrote

Not really - this is a COTS solution that would cost 10s to 100s of billions to develop otherwise. The costs have already been amortized through millions (maybe billions) of devices sold. It enables a high speed data solution for anything placed on the moon and the only major cost will be maintaining the earth-moon link.

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