Using a laser they could just as well send the cat. He would follow the laser just as well.
Faster than light travel achieved
“We’re receiving coherent signals from the edge of the Milky Way.”
“Life can exist in such isolation? What are they saying, do they need rescue?”
“It’s a video of a small fuzzy animal.”
“What?”
“When we probed deeper to get more context, we found millions of such videos, supposedly they’re cherished non-intelligient companions and the people there wished to express that.”
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What?"
This strikes me with a “They’re made of meat?!” vibe.
Video beamed. Video intercepted by aliens. Think cats rule earth.
They’re right.
So correct.
Somewhere on my work wiki is a picture of puppies that I sent over SWIFT to a bank to test that the relationship was setup properly.
Cats and dogs are always acceptable test messages
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This is the correct use of technology. (But later let’s test the ping on Doom over laserlan)
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Taters is very precious!!
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Bit annoying that they’re more specific about latency than bandwidth. The laser had lower latency than broadband, but I want to know if the laser had enough bandwidth to stream the video.
"The video was then downloaded and each frame was sent to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where it was played in real time. "
It sounds like it. Laser comm can have some insanely high data rates due to the high frequency of the radiation.
“What’s Taters?”
“Po-ta-toes… Boil um mash um stick um in a stew!”
That is cute. But why a cat?
Because cute
Right. I guess I kinda agree.
Joke answer: It’s cute.
Real answer: It’s cute and because of that broad appeal it’s easy good PR. NASA has to appeal to the populace to hope they demand their Representatives properly fund them.
The MCRN & UNN would be proud.
The article isn’t terribly long, but here is the direct link to Taters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvJtVOmFs5Q
Everything’s fun and games until the Kilrathi discover this and its point of origin.
Taters should have his own wikipedia page. First outer space cat video.
What’s Taters, precious?
Damn, beat me to it
