{"id":124839,"date":"2024-11-12T04:09:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124839"},"modified":"2024-11-12T04:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:09:18","slug":"elon-musk-has-no-idea-how-the-speed-of-light-or-satellite-communication-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124839","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Has No Idea How The Speed Of Light Or Satellite Communication Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">During a meeting with the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, an internal NASA working crew dedicated to supporting missions to Mars\u00a0<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/elon-musk-is-already-calling-in-favors-with-trump-1851693687&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/elon-musk-is-already-calling-in-favors-with-trump-1851693687\">included a pitch from Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX to deploy Starlink satellites<\/a><\/span> around the red planet to create \u201cMarslink.\u201d Having a thick layer of satellites around Mars would certainly make transmission easier, as it would make the comms target larger than the planet itself and would likely speed up intra-Mars comms <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/wooden-satellite-launched-into-space-as-testbed-for-tim-1851689839&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/wooden-satellite-launched-into-space-as-testbed-for-tim-1851689839\">when that becomes necessary<\/a><\/span>. But it probably won\u2019t demonstrably <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nuclear-powered-rockets-could-take-us-to-mars-if-we-ca-1851668105&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nuclear-powered-rockets-could-take-us-to-mars-if-we-ca-1851668105\">speed up<\/a><\/span> <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/wooden-satellite-launched-into-space-as-testbed-for-tim-1851689839&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/wooden-satellite-launched-into-space-as-testbed-for-tim-1851689839\">communication between Earth and Mars<\/a><\/span>, at least not to the extent <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/elon-musk-has-been-in-regular-contact-with-vladimir-put-1851681463&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/elon-musk-has-been-in-regular-contact-with-vladimir-put-1851681463\">Elon<\/a><\/span> is pitching, because Mars is <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-travel-is-damaging-astronauts-at-the-cellular-lev-1851692078&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/space-travel-is-damaging-astronauts-at-the-cellular-lev-1851692078\">really fucking far away<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 gRtQsx\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 dccRTD instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 bLunvE\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"195687,193952,196110\" data-current=\"195687\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 ldLvgq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"195687\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s)\" data-video-blog-id=\"12\" data-video-network=\"jalopnik\" data-video-duration=\"189\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195687\/195687_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195687\/195687_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195687\/195687_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195687\/195687_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/21183.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The Marslink pitch includes \u201cmultiple SpaceX satellites placed in Mars orbit to provide full visibility and interoperability for ground and orbital assets,\u201d and the ability to \u201cexceed\u201d NASA\u2019s requirement for 4 mbps transfer. For reference, your average internet connection in the U.S. is humming around 250 mpbs, and you need around 100 mbps for reliable video streaming. <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/elon-musk-may-use-donald-trump-to-bolster-tesla-1851685213&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/elon-musk-may-use-donald-trump-to-bolster-tesla-1851685213\">Last week Elon Musk<\/a><\/span> <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1854915519100707092&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1854915519100707092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in one of his 100-plus daily tweets<\/a><\/span> that \u201cThis is just a very basic first step. Earth and Mars will ultimately need greater than petabit\/sec connectivity.\u201d Petabit\/second speeds are currently only theoretically possible with fiberoptic cables, and we\u2019re definitely not linking Earth to Mars with fiber internet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Mars does not move in the same orbit around the sun, or at the same speed as Earth. At its closest, Mars is a mere 34 million miles away, about half the distance from the Earth to the Sun. When Mars is opposite Earth in its orbit, with the Sun between them, that distance increases to over 250 million miles. If you could communicate at the speed of light, as many laser-based satellite transmissions can, the speed at which you can load anything is still dependent on the speed of light. That 250 million miles takes 22 minutes and 22 seconds for light (or information) to traverse. Petabit\/second speeds between Mars and Earth are impossible until we develop faster-than-light travel, which is, you know, not possible based on our current understanding of physics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Elon Musk, again on Twitter, suggested that Starlink could create a \u201cdata bridge\u201d to hop data from one satellite to another along a relay system. One follower even suggested a \u201cweb of satellites around the sun\u201d to keep people in space and on other planets connected to the Earth internet. \u201cA long chain of modified future generation Starlink satellites between 1 and 1.5 AU would do it,\u201d claims Musk. If you don\u2019t know, an AU (Astronomical Unit) is 93 million miles, or the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Here\u2019s the problem. Satellite hopping does not reduce the speed at which you can communicate with a distant planet. Space is still space, lightspeed is still lightspeed, and the distance doesn\u2019t get shorter because you put a few satellites between here and there. It\u2019s possible that jumping from satellite to satellite could increase the size of the data transfer, but it will not reduce latency time between Mars and Earth in any way. In fact, hopping from satellite to satellite will actually increase processing time and make the whole thing slower. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Is Elon Musk going to be the one to crack faster-than-light travel and quantum entanglement? I\u2019m going to go out on a limb here and say I have my doubts. SpaceX is scheduled to deploy five unmanned rockets to Mars in 2026, and <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/crewed-spacex-flight-to-mars-in-four-years-whatever-yo-1851643478&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/crewed-spacex-flight-to-mars-in-four-years-whatever-yo-1851643478\">Elon says people will be going to Mars by 2028<\/a><\/span>. Again, I have my doubts. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/breaking-elon-musk-has-no-idea-how-the-speed-of-light-1851694933\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a meeting with the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, an internal NASA working crew dedicated to supporting missions to Mars\u00a0included a pitch from Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX to deploy Starlink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124839\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}