I vaguely recall what was effectively a delay-line implemented using terrahertz-modulated lasers aimed at the retro reflector on the moon from Earth’s surface. The data storage capacity was something in either the hundreds of GBs or low TBs. But I can’t find the reference.
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e0qdk@reddthat.com 8 months agoI wonder if anyone has ever passed messages between spacecraft as a peculiar form of delay line memory – or pinged a satellite at a predictable distance as part of a timing system…
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I think I’ve read about a similar project where someone would send packages across the internet, and use the delay as a form of memory. The capacity wasn’t great, but the idea was really cool regardless.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No but I look forward to this in the next Andy Weir novel
splendoruranium@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Isn’t that just GPS in reverse? I mean, same equation, different dependent variable 😁