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Subject It's TOTALLY possible for NASA to transmit a file with FULL HD video of Mars from the red planet to their servers here on Earth

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not about distance, its location and capabilities of the space station

thats why its fucking up there.

DERP DERP like i said do some research on the space station.

And then feel stupid for believing NASA EVER.

They lie to us all day long and keep us in the dark, why do you fucking people believe what they have to say now?

Its shocking.

I wish I didn't get upset but We are handing over our lives to this shit. And everything is getting fucked and no body cares as long as the lies keep coming in life is good.
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There's absolutely nothing the space station can do that can't be done better on the ground so far as communications is concerned. Kind of hard to install 230-foot antennas like the ones they have at Goldstone, Canberra, and Madrid in orbit, let alone all the supporting equipment.
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Now I know you're a dumb ass shill or worse, mis informed and spreading lies. They don't use the same antennas in space as they do on ground to send radio/phone signals and data you asshat.

Go away
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That was exactly my point. There are far better antennas on the ground than you can put into space. And the atmosphere is largely transparent to radio waves, so there's no advantage to being in space.
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Original Message We are not fools, and we should not be fooled.

It's TOTALLY possible for NASA to transmit a file with FULL HD video of Mars from the red planet to their servers here on Earth.

Anyone can buy a camcoder that records video in FULL HD, in any electronics shop.

So, NASA could buy one and send it to Mars, as part of the Curiosity lander.

Now, imagine that the transmission of data from Mars to Earth can be done at a very low speed of only 500 bits per second.

That would NOT be an obstacle to transmit a file of a FULL HD video footage from Mars to Earth.

Suppose that the camcoder in Mars records a 2-minute video in FULL HD resolution, with 16 million colors.

Suppose that the video is encoded as a file that has a size of 50 megabits (50 million bits).

To trasmit the 50 megabit file using a 500 bit per second "connection", it would take 100,000 seconds. That is the equivalent to about 28 hours.

So, NASA could do the "download" of the file in just 28 hours, and release it to the public.

A FULL HD video footage of Mars, in 16 million colors, with a duration of about 2 minutes.

And they should make the video available for download in their website, so anyone can watch it in a 52-inch flat screen TV, seeing EVERY detail of the Martian surface.

The question is:

Will NASA do it, since it's TOTALLY posible?

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