NASA streamed its 1st video from deep space via laser. More important, it's of a cat
Taters the cat chasing a laser pointer actually marked a historic milestone, as the video was sent back from nearly 31 million kilometres away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration.
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Taters the cat chasing a laser pointer actually marked a historic milestone, as the video was sent back from nearly 31 million kilometres away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration.