BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury

Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by dylan604 on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:46AM (#28748216)

They just need to build a StarLink-esque mission that drops off repeaters every million miles or so. You'll need at least platinum status to get access to the wifi , otherwise it will be $30/hour. We know you have choices when you fly to Mercury, so we thank you for choosing BepiColombo Spacelines.

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Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by petschge on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:11PM (#28749583)

Starlink barely works over a few hundred kilometers. Thanks to the inverse square law doing it over a few million kilometers is about 100 million times harder.

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Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by dylan604 on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:21PM (#28749729)

Take things literal too much? Starlink-esque. Like Starlink, but different. Line of site with laser beams. Pew Pew!!!

Also, shocked context clues from the rest of the comment made you feel the whole thing was not tongue-in-cheek.

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