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Re:Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely... by hderms on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:17PM (#23578481)
Maybe leaving a series of repeaters in a vertical line downwards would allow the information to make it to the surface where we could achieve LoS with an Earth satellite. I'm guessing taking 16 miles of some kind of cable is less realistic.

In any case it seems like there'd be astronomical expenses and many moving parts

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Re:Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely... by ComputerGuru on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:37PM (#23581040)
That was my initial thought but my point is that it actually shouldn’t be necessary. 16 miles of non-conductive water should be fine for a single point-to-point em transmission at low bitrates.
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