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Re:Mars to Earth at an average of 29 kbits/s by Sharlin on Friday August 10, 2012 @08:57PM (#4369013)
Would have been nice if Mars Telecommunications Orbiter [1] had flown. In addition to a higher orbit more suitable for communications, it would have included an experimental high-bandwidth laser link to Earth. Alas, the project got cancelled for budgetary reasons.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Telecommunications_Orbiter

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