China has broken new ground in space communications, establishing the first two-way laser link at a distance of more than 400,000 kilometers. The experiment, conducted between a ground station and the DRO-A satellite, demonstrated that large amounts of data can be transferred at speeds far higher than current systems […]
The most serious problems with laser connections have been solved, and the connection between the Earth and the Moon can be made at a speed of 100 megabits.