Need fast internet? Go to space! That’s right– Nasa is about to launch super fast, laser-powered wifi off planet. Trace explains what the speedy connection will be used for.
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Interesting lmfao
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I would love that speed Internet looks like I might live on the moon ?
people in 2030 oh hey why not bring back that among us and minecraft trend but in space
the google + page……
Google plus page don't exist anymore
Its 2021 now and elon musk is preparing starlink satellites
I heard of a talking Tom episode where Ben brings his “ everything proof” laptop to the desert to get a Wi-Fi signal from the moon
Starlink I imagine will be something like this in the future
ok epic hope its free lol
finally a free nasa pc
This shit was before gigabit.. god how time flies..
InterNet here on Earth
OuterNet in Outer Space.
Hi Skyrider-33E ! 🤗
the orbit is powerful line can support 7G
Im tryna go to the moon whats their wifi password
Imagine how a call on discord would go out
Guy: why is your WIFI so bad?
Space guy: im in space
Guy: shut up
starts video call
3 down 640 kbps up my internet
NASA should bring internet to us 😆
At least they have better speeds than me
Imagine playing fortnite in a nasa computer with the international space station wifi 😰😰
So it’s uploads will actually be its download and its downloads will be its upload lol
Alright going to space just gotta knock out a NASA astronaut and take their place
You can get 500mbps up/down here in the Netherlands at quite a lot of places
I'm like, people are fucking watching 4k movies in space, or in moon while in my home i cant watch 1080p only 720p 🙁 .
The only thing we communicate with on planet Earth is commercials
2018: YouTubers vlogging
Future: people doing vlogs on the moon
They can play roblox now XD
NASA ever sends people in the space again maybe.
10x the fastest internet on earth? I've seen offers for 120mbps for like 25€ and 1 Gbps for 80.
I AM LUCKY TO BE HERE BEFORE 1M VIEWS
4 years later, nothing happened ~NASA
So your Ip address will be on the moon then… Interesting.
Damn I get pissed when my down is under 70
Omg take me to the moon
let me just get a rocket first a toy rocket
Meanwhile Spectrums starting speed is now 200 Mbps, and it goes up to 1Gbps