News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps. Parent comment

Re:Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon fo... by themafia on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:04PM (#47619476)
> Do you have any idea how much closer the ISS is than the moon??

Distance isn't the factor. Useful payload to destination and required Delta V are. Leaving earth is 10 km/s. TLI is 4 km/s.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon fo... by gus_massa on Thursday April 02, 2026 @05:18PM (#47620333)
Obligatory link to old reddit graphic https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ekgm2g/i_made_a_delt...

It does not have the ISS, but IIUC it's slightly over "Low Earth Orbit".

(I'd love to see one where the distances are draw proportional to Delta V.)

[ Parent | on HN ]