Nasa space lasers beam cat video 19 million miles | BBC Global

Cutting-edge laser communication technology can now stream ultra-high-definition video across space.
As a test, Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory beamed a cat video 19 million miles. But, in future, the technology is set to bring the whole solar system into sharper focus.
Will it one day mean astronauts can video call from Mars?
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[@amanhaman8568]

I love the clarification that the cat itself is actually not in space 😂

[@eruteriojason2954]

You can't be too careful when dealing with people on the Internet😂

[@gamej7946]

@@eruteriojason2954 This is BBC and you expect better caption from them.

[@SO_DIGITAL]

For our American viewers, the BBC would like to clarify, that The Cat Is NOT in Space.

[@patrickbureau1402]

But if the Cat - was in a box in Space What about the chances of that !?

[@IlluminatedFilms111]

lmaoo ahhaha

[@crashability]

Likely multi billion dollar equipment to send a cat video, I love our species and humour 😂

[@peter_meyer]

... and if you're not an astronaut, you have weird ideas about space lasers.

[@thereadersvoice]

Especially if you identify with a certain political "party" and subscribe to certain "beliefs" on certain "websites".

[@NGC-catseye]

My Bob is amused with this space laser story 🐈‍⬛

[@theenlightenedone1283]

Yeah the walkie talkies r back from Mars

[@i20010]

Cats are humanity's future!

[@hrhevansjohn8528]

🐈

[@marcogallo2811]

I love the amazing science for this, and nerds will be nerds, we gotta make a cat joke

[@kirankolli82]

State sponsored research should charge royalties from private companies that do not want to acknowledge the benefits they reap from society.

[@HansDunkelberg1]

The ordinary transmissions from spacecraft anyway are also caught on Earth by telescopes - by _radio_ telescopes. I'd be interested in the question if the laser senders are noticeably more expensive, and in the question if they could even become cheaper than the ones ordinarily used so far.

[@jamiefoyers2800]

Reminds me of a movie title...The Cat From Outer Space...now we really do have cats beaming in from the cosmos...purrfect timing eh?.

[@jsnjcnt]

Its a "hey look over there" dist raction

[@justanamerican9024]

So MGT was right, there ARE space lasers, just, it's those cats . . .

[@arobyte]

"There's no getting around the speed of light"... lol 😅. Dunno why I found that funny.

[@Redcactus5]

Insert futurama joke here

[@FatimaMarong-be8gj]

❤

[@eewilson9835]

frickin lazers

[@jsnjcnt]

Sharks with friggin lazer beams on their heads. Transmitting cat videos, lol

[@eewilson9835]

@@jsnjcnt lol great news nasa

[@jsnjcnt]

@@eewilson9835 lol

[@jsnjcnt]

@@eewilson9835 maybe go to the moon?

[@jaredf6205]

That cat is appropriating my peoples space laser.

[@AchwaqKhalid]

Cats + Laser = 🌈✨

[@digantasonowal3116]

So that means lasers can be used as an interplanetary network.

[@eb2151]

What is nasa and space lasers

[@scandicdream]

So….where is the cat? Is it still alive?

[@MaekarManastorm]

Yea this won't end well. The cat aliens will come here for vegenxe

[@jsnjcnt]

Good grief.

[@Gabriela_BA]

They are trying to bring ALF back to this planet.

[@user-ck3uu8rj3x]

Cat fans aaaaaah! ❤ Conspiracy fans AAAAAAH! 😱

[@jsnjcnt]

Why would they send a cat video? Thats wierd. Seems like there are other more important videos they could send. Like obidens failures maybe?

[@jsnjcnt]

Please help us solve the obiden admin problem aliens. Hurry up we are doomed.

[@simjo59]

Are we certain it wasn't those Jewish Space Lasers?😆

[@KarenMcQ-yi5sn]

So NASA might already have people going to Mars so they are testing this all out for the future! I know that a bunch of people signed up to go to Mars in the future. I wonder if they are in testing or training now. Also, could this laser beamed from outer space be used as a weapon against humans? I think so!

[@Wigington24]

Operation dumfuks

[@LowerTheBoom]

This video is not real.

[@peter_meyer]

It's send via _space_ _lasers_ !

[@thereadersvoice]

Yay, QAnon! Nice to know your cult has not gone anywhere! Got any more "no, really, I swear!" claims of Bigfoot sightings? 🤡

[@primenumberbuster404]

This comment is not real

[@Roofluffer]

@@peter_meyer it is real it was sent to me on fiber optics cable and therefore a laser sent the data

[@mrhassell]

Beam me up Scotty! There's no intelligent life on this planet.

[@thereadersvoice]

Not in the last several years, there certainly hasn't been. But, if you're being beamed up, save me a spot; I want off this rock, too! 🤨

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

How many tax dollars did this cost? Point your videos toward the moon with a flashing light for a signal. They'll get it.

[@thereadersvoice]

Pennies on the dollar, dude. Take a chill pill.

[@primenumberbuster404]

How less than your entire generation spent on hookers and booze.