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Re:Mars to Earth at an average of 29 kbits/s by gchang on Friday August 10, 2012 @05:43PM (#4368419)
Here's some publicly available technical information about how the DSN works: http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/deepspace/dsndocs/810-005/
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Re:Mars to Earth at an average of 29 kbits/s by Irishsteve on Saturday August 11, 2012 @09:25AM (#4370039)
Up in Sweden they have DTN's for reindeer farmers. A helicopter which brings food supplies acts as the data transfer relay.

DTN book for anyone interested in the area. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596930632

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