I was just in Spain, but I didn’t see the complex. I think the question would have been, ‘¿No me puede escuchar nadie?’ (Can nobody not hear me?) The double negative is alive and well.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft communicates only with the Australian station, since it is headed to the outer part of the solar system in a direction that is in the part of the sky that cannot be seen from the northern hemisphere.
I’m surprised to see a Mercator Projection being used here:
Probably the easiest distortion to see is with Greenland: Greenland appears to be relatively huge here. In reality South America is 8 times larger than Greenland.
I’m watching the Netflix series “The Signal” which tells me that there’s a one hour gap in the coverage over the Pacific. Hmmm, should I beleive the comic or the TV show. Oh, if only there was some reliable source of information out there!
Dr. Mel has a point. I can see (direct line of sight) a certain carrier’s tower from my front door 10 miles away and still used to drop calls when I was on their service.
Billions of miles? That’s not very far in space. One light year is almost 6 trillion miles, and won’t even get you to Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbor.
SHIVA 4 months ago
The DSN dishes were located at Moffatt Field, CA. Used to see them from Hwy 101, but now they’re gone.
Imagine 4 months ago
You know what they say: The bigger your antenna, the better your reception. Or something like that.
Bilan 4 months ago
If you want to see a funny movie about the antenna in Australia, watch The Dish (2000)
Panufo 4 months ago
I was just in Spain, but I didn’t see the complex. I think the question would have been, ‘¿No me puede escuchar nadie?’ (Can nobody not hear me?) The double negative is alive and well.
mokspr Premium Member 4 months ago
First, it was “the deep web” then it was “the deep state”, now this! My God people, when will this conspiracy end!
seismic-2 Premium Member 4 months ago
The Voyager 2 spacecraft communicates only with the Australian station, since it is headed to the outer part of the solar system in a direction that is in the part of the sky that cannot be seen from the northern hemisphere.
Doug K 4 months ago
I’m surprised to see a Mercator Projection being used here:
Probably the easiest distortion to see is with Greenland: Greenland appears to be relatively huge here. In reality South America is 8 times larger than Greenland.
Doug K 4 months ago
Just getting an order for a pizza delivery would not be so fast. A radio signal from one billion miles away would take about 1.5 hours to reach earth.
LawrenceS 4 months ago
If your phone were 230 feet wide you’d be able to pick up a signal anywhere. Carrying it, however, might prove inconvenient.
desvarzil 4 months ago
“I am getting an order for pizza delivery”… no anchovies, please.
Differentname 4 months ago
I’m watching the Netflix series “The Signal” which tells me that there’s a one hour gap in the coverage over the Pacific. Hmmm, should I beleive the comic or the TV show. Oh, if only there was some reliable source of information out there!
orville rodentbaker 4 months ago
Dr. Mel has a point. I can see (direct line of sight) a certain carrier’s tower from my front door 10 miles away and still used to drop calls when I was on their service.
etonry 4 months ago
Billions of miles? That’s not very far in space. One light year is almost 6 trillion miles, and won’t even get you to Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbor.
mistercatworks 4 months ago
They can track signals weaker than your refrigerator light’s power out to Pluto.
ArseGrammatica 4 months ago
The Australian base (or an early version of it) was shown in the movie “The Right Stuff”.
mengelji 4 months ago
There’s a really great movie about this named The Dish – checkitout!!
Chalres 4 months ago
Just get a “smart” clothes washer with WiFi and run a cable from your router to its Ethernet port; maybe it’ll act as a WAP.
Frer Squirrel 4 months ago
Look up “Faraday cage”.