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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by Teever on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:33PM (#20219530)
What if the chipsat sends the signal to the chipsat behind it which sends the signal to the chipsat behind it which....

So that the signal can be relayed by a bunch of short range transmitters all the way back to earth

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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by aaronax on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:42PM (#20220397)
Probably requires a surprising amount of short range transmitters to be launched then. I wonder if a formula could be developed that relates the energy needed to place one large transceiver at a given distance versus the energy needed to place small transceivers all along that given distance.
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