MESSENGER talks by laser

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft to Mercury used laser communications to talk to Earth based scientists:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060104_laser_comm.html

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Anonymous said…
Back in the old days, my buddy Robin hooked up a laser to his FM radio and shot a beam down the beach at Half Moon Bay so he could listen to the music. it was only mono because he only had one laser.
11:04 PM
BetaCygni said…
Cool.
6:24 AM
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