SpaceX Starlink Marslink Connects Mars 👽

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Imagine a future where Earth and Mars are connected by a mind-blowing petabit-per-second data link, a high-speed "interplanetary internet" capable of transmitting information across millions of kilometers at nearly the speed of light. This is not sci-fi; it’s SpaceX’s vision for "Marslink"-a revolutionary satellite network that could one day stream data from Mars as easily as Starlink does on Earth. Q: What are your thoughts? Shy? It's OK, please consider placing an emoji 🚀 in the comment area so I know you took the time to watch this video! Thanks in advance! Get 1-Month FREE - Use My Starlink Referral jcristina.com/starlink Subscribe, Share, and Like if so inclined! Also, after watching, consider commenting! Can't wait to hear from you in the comments below this video! 1-Hour SpaceX Starlink Setup and Network Design Consultations are available at jcristina.com/product/1-hour-consultation Don't forget to join my Newsletter: jcristina.com/join Super Chats And All Channel Donations Are Warmly Welcome! Thank You! Get a massive discount with PureVPN by visiting jcristina.com/vpn I truly hope you enjoy the video and find value in it! If so, please consider Thumbs Up, Subscribe, and Becoming A Member Of The Channel! For Media & Business Relations Contact 📧 jcristina.com/contact Thank you for supporting the channel! Interested in any products that I personally use? Visit www.amazon.com/shop/jcristina or go to the bottom of this description for direct links. If you would like to get a FREE copy of the Prologue to "How To Create A Digital Fort Knox - Backing Up Your Digital Life" or one of my other FREE books, simply visit jcristina.com/books Consider subscribing to the channel, commenting below, and signing up for my newsletter at jcristina.com/join Interested in any products that I personally use? Visit www.amazon.com/shop/jcristina or go to the bottom of this description for direct links. Highlighted Starlink Hardware I Have Tested In The Past: Ubiquiti amzn.to/3qC554s NetGate amzn.to/3cXiTTv Peplink amzn.to/3OnTsHM UTT Router amzn.to/3nJBLaL TP-link Router amzn.to/3IjkyhP TrendNET Router #1 amzn.to/3nVukx0 TrendNET Router #2 amzn.to/3IGxvm2 Small Battery Backup For Starlink - amzn.to/3ScbcrZ TP-link AC Router - amzn.to/3so07J1 TP-link AX Router - amzn.to/3sf2or8 TP-link Managed Switch: amzn.to/3EQJKZy TP-link Outdoor Access Point - amzn.to/4aXXGkS TP-link Indoor Access Point - amzn.to/3rV6Nzk TP-link Extender - amzn.to/448klJi TP-link Control Module (Gigabit) - amzn.to/4aU0oYB For High-Speed Access Points (ex. Starlink or Cable) TP-Link Control Module (Gigabit) - amzn.to/3rVBqEx TP-Link AC1900 - amzn.to/3Q28y6N For Slower Speed Access Points (ex. ATT) TP-Link Control Module (100Mbps) - amzn.to/3Lduaf3 TP-Link AC1200 - amzn.to/3OLhlsK [ Social Media & Additional Connections ] 📦 20% Off Everything jcristina.com - Code YT20 🆓 FREE eBook jcristina.com/ebook 🌒 Dark Moon Teas DarkMoonTeas.com 🎬 KZbin - kzbin.info 🔖 Twitter - twitter.com/JosephCristina 👀 Instagram - instagram.com/JosephCristina 👨‍💼 LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/josephcristina 📖 Facebook - facebook.com/joseph.cristina 📰 Creative Discord Server - community.jcristina.com [ Equipment Used ] 💎 MB ] ASUS - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard - amzn.to/2rmR9LT 💎 CPU ] AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor - amzn.to/2pSCx4S 💎 GPU ] MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card - amzn.to/2rndQ2o 💎 RAM ] Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 - amzn.to/2qo8PIv 💎 DISPLAY ] Dell - UltraSharp 34” Curved Monitor - U3415W - amzn.to/2s6pvTs 💡 Video Lighting - amzn.to/2qrDOnH 🎬 Sony ZV-1 - amzn.to/3rFkfFj 🎬 Canon EOS R & Kit Lens - amzn.to/3lEZIC2 🎙 Electro-Voice RE-20 - amzn.to/37SoBQt 🎙 dbx 286s Compressor - amzn.to/39SLTYY The above are my Amazon affiliate links - if you purchase anything using the links above, you're supporting this channel at no additional cost to you! I appreciate your support!

[@patryn36]

The thing to keep in mind with Elon and things he is doing is this: every company he owns and is a part of is him prototyping the systems and equupment a colonizing attempt will most likely use, perfect it here and then send the designs and build it on mars, use less fuel that way and/or send more supplies/people per trip.

[@jcristina]

Could be!!

[@LordTimelord]

Yep! Cybertruck was specifically designed and is aiming for transport on the Moon and Mars.

[@PlanetEarth3141]

​​​@@LordTimelord You are thinking in the right general direction only and barely. It was strictly designed for Earth only. It has almost none of what is needed for use or movement or human survival on Mars. You are either wildly exaggerating the possibilities of Cybertruck on Mars or you are personally unknowledgeable of what is needed for transportation on Mars. I suspect it's both.

[@PeterTerren]

Lasers in space are great for a tight petabit beam. Radio freq is low bandwidth broad beam. However, lasers can't do the last mile through clouds which have to be a lower rf/microwave/terrahertz/neutrino beam or whatever.

[@LordTimelord]

@PlanetEarth3141 I just asked the X AI Grok to find the reference for me. Here is a quote of its answer. Did Elon musk ever mention that the cybertruck could be used for transportation on the moon and mars? Grok Answer: Answer Elon Musk has indeed hinted at the possibility of using the Cybertruck for transportation on Mars. In a tweet from November 2019, he mentioned that the "pressurized" version of the Tesla Cybertruck would be the "official truck of Mars." There have been playful and speculative remarks from Musk about sending a Cybertruck to Mars aboard a SpaceX Starship, suggesting that such a scenario could occur in the future. However, these statements have been more in the realm of Musk's characteristic humor and forward-thinking rather than concrete plans. Regarding the Moon, there isn't specific mention from Musk directly, but the general context of his space ambitions with SpaceX might imply similar uses for rugged, electric vehicles like the Cybertruck in extraterrestrial environments. The tweet was made way back when the Cyber truck was first announced. You need to remember that every technology that Elon is developing on earth. It will either be used on mars or used to help fund getting to Mars and getting it built.

[@jeffreyng9596]

Cool. “Ask and it will be given to you.” Just asked about Marslink and you created a video on it. You’re the best!

[@JackKennedy-yk6cj]

Thank you for the stream of Starlink information and the support for expanding its use.

[@alanhart9992]

This should be a very interesting topic!

[@jcristina]

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[@JavaMan2000]

👽 Enjoy your content. Keep up the great work. 👨‍🚀

[@jcristina]

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[@claudelamar672]

Reliable laser to ground would be tough due to earth's atmosphere. There are quite a few papers on lasers in the atmosphere, but you'd need to be very comfortable with calculus to understand the equations and meteorology to understand all of the atmospheric variables used in the equations.

[@jcristina]

I was great with calculus but have not meteorology understanding.

[@jamesdrury8741]

You are a very good presenter,and I love your dedication,thank you!!

[@jcristina]

Thank you! 😃a Appreciate the positive words!

[@wugdum]

Excellent, Joe! 👽👽

[@jcristina]

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[@getone007]

The Mars satellite constellation will have to have two additional features. One will be a GPS system and next will be 100 megapixel camera system. Both of the last two requirements were for safety issues because we’re gonna have a lot assets and people on Mars. The Mars constellation will have to use both radiofrequency and lasers due to the fact that we have large dust storms on Mars so that will be requirement also as a back up.

[@moreboost]

Quantum communication, instantaneous correlations between particals. :) Problem solved hehe Quantum cell phone? LOL

[@vincet6637]

Quantum entanglement.. FTL for sure!

[@moreboost]

@@vincet6637 Right? Ok who's going to make it? Tesla?

[@moreboost]

Any cell phone on earth contacts the earth Quantum partical center then connects to Mars Quantum partical center then forward to any Mars cell phone user? LOL

[@andybrent8293]

I think this is awesome! 👽🏴‍☠️🛸

[@RobertMcAtee-m8p]

In order to have ground receiving stations with no interruption they would need to be no fly zones in order to avoid message errors.👍

[@Avinash-1887]

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[@jcristina]

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[@tjmiracle6579]

Still enjoying this type of information and perspective 🤙🤩🚀🚀🚀

[@jcristina]

Thanks!

[@Rob-zombied-b3q]

It is cool! Having streams broken up into packets and using multiple parallel laser repeaters will speed up transmission.

[@Rob-zombied-b3q]

How far apart would laser streams have to be not to interfere with each other?

[@jcristina]

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[@jcristina]

good question.. 👽

[@orfescuhoratiu]

nice !

[@jcristina]

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[@bp9097]

Thank-you for all the Starlink insights. And Space X too

[@Dutch-linux]

Let me speak my mind here... I think that all space agencies and private space companies in the world or atleast the usa and europe to get together and have all the smart people work together we would make faster progress and will even make things better in the world as we get bad news day after day war here war there some positive news with countries or continents working together is what we all really need right now !!!

[@joebocsy4240]

Point of reference....RF transmissions, in space, travel at the same speed as a laser...

[@jcristina]

👽 But the conversion process add latency

[@garryhammond3117]

This all sounds great Joe - As you say there are not many other conceiveable options using current technology. - Cheers!

[@jcristina]

Cheers indeed! 👽

[@jerryantonie]

2:51 🙏

[@tomsheridan989]

Love your show!

[@jcristina]

Thanks so much.

[@JoelSapp]

I’d mostly agree. They can have sats that follow a hohmann transfer orbit between both the moon and mars. If the sats were starlinks plus imagery, they could sell data and imagery to interested parties. Additionally they could be a data provider for deep space communications with other probes.

[@colinkeizer7353]

I will be eager to see the first SpaceX Mars exploration squadron launch Marslink orbiters into Sun-centric orbits between Earth and Mars, to connect the Earth and Mars constellations. I wonder if they will have reactors or thermal powered Stirling gensets.

[@KardiTachycardia]

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[@jcristina]

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[@Electropheonix145]

I think this is awsome, its just crazy. Wow!

[@jcristina]

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[@Fireblot8826]

Thanks

[@kennethhines80]

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[@jcristina]

Thank you

[@frederickstirnkorb3094]

Solar will be plenty for those satellites with good colimating optics for the lasers. The beam can be focused for the distance to Mars or the next satellite.

[@jcristina]

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[@paulblackman4833]

“Since light travels much faster than Wi-Fi radio waves, data speeds are significantly faster.” The problem with this is that, in air, the speed of visible light and the speed of radio waves are basically identical and equal to the vacuum speed of light. Article called: How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves? Posted on July 22, 2023 by skullsinthestars

[@mrmcgoo39]

funny story, did you know the pilot filming of Star Trek, they used a garage door opener to simulate the track order, I think about this every time I open my garage with my smart phone. It’s real here, but somebody was dreaming back then. PS I wonder if the FAA and the FCC will act like they own the airspace around Mars too.

[@locutusofzork4630]

This is something that I figured they'd have in place before sending people/Starship to Mars. It seems it wouldn't be TOO much difficult than what they're doing now. Just put a couple/few "Marslink" sats in a halo orbit and one in "geo" orbit to a proposed landing site. They'd also need to put a couple in Mars L4/L5 to provide a connection when we're on the opposite side of the sun. If they continue to expand this they can do Jupiter and Pluto as well.

[@terramodule]

Great thinking! Nuclear powered 'optical line amplifiers' would transform the Mars-Earth data rate. These coupled with a Mars Starlink constellation will be needed to manage and monitor early construction and settlement on that planet. It's fantastic to think that SpaceX the private company is likely working on this!

[@jcristina]

Exactly.

[@GeoFry3]

Figured it was only a matter of time before moonlink, marslink, and solar system link became a thing. It'll be handy for the next generation of probes that are inevitably going to be sent out.

[@Radioactive_Texan]

Satellites around Mars using laser PTP is probably the way Marslink goes. Com link between the planets could use RF, its cheaper and easier to built.

[@patriciaort9172]

Exciting not-science-fiction-anymore. 🚀

[@Bleys001]

Utilize Lagrange points.

[@nicolaparsons5703]

Yes

[@jcristina]

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[@PilotinMSFSonly]

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[@Mcfryguy5555]

Star Trek in the making. Beem me up, scottie! 😂😂

[@jcristina]

Yes

[@xrydersx]

I'm here watching from Guyana

[@pacharongwira6129]

I’m a truck driver moving from delivering USA to Canada and my question is, is there going to be starlink for truckers?

[@jcristina]

The mini is already perfect for truckers.

[@pacharongwira6129]

@ can I still be connected even when I’m driving? Just got a t-mobile WiFi

[@getyourbone]

I like that extra approach to acknowledgment… So here it is 🐣

[@sagecoach]

Laser light does not slow down, it is lost through collision or defused. The speed of light is affected by the transmission material, glass, water, etc. Great distances shift light's frequency by space-time effect. Repeater stations may not be practical beyond Earth and Mars orbits. Midway would be solar orbits in unthinkable numbers.

[@mikelee-i3b]

odds are repeaters would improve/preserve the quality of the lazer communication but in doing so slow it down....anytime you add a device in any sort of communication network it slows down latency......

[@jcristina]

100%

[@mr_ice117]

What I’m curious to know is how will he solve the backhaul issue between earth and mars. How do you cut the distance or have a faster than light data transfer solution, I’m very curious. I just know quantum mechanics is a good place to start when it comes to faster than light data transfer solutions

[@jcristina]

👽 Backhauling does not even work with Starlink routers, today.. 👽

[@JerryHoover-z1o]

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[@jcristina]

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[@X5493-c7p]

Well you won’t be doing any livestreams with Martians as the time delay is about 20 minutes :-)

[@jcristina]

3 mins at our closest. 👽

[@arthurhamilton5222]

I have been posting about SX doing Mars communications satellite Constellation for years on various forums and X. However, there will need to be some satellites in sun synchronous orbit between Mars and Earth for when Mars is the farthest away from Earth.

[@techyjames1945]

While Laser peta data transfers sound great for earth based communications. Like you pointed out between Earth and Mars that can jump from short 6 minutes to 44 minutes. We need to start thinking outside the box. Maybe quantum entanglement communication could make that closer to instant communication.

[@jcristina]

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[@HADDEN67]

How are the laser interlinks steered ? Repeater stations would probably be orbiting the sun.

[@jcristina]

Sure. Everything orbits the Sun in our solar system at different speeds based on proximity.

[@daveh5605]

The signal repeater will be critical for a Mars mission

[@glennn.3464]

Just a small correction. Light doesn’t "slow down". The speed of light is constant. It decreases in intensity with distance (think of a flash and exposure) which causes the maximum data rate possible to decrease with the weaker signal.

[@TitanIV_Pad_Rat]

Marslink!

[@jcristina]

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[@YellowRambler]

Glenn Shotwell mentioned this about one or two years ago in a satellite communications conference, it was hilarious in a dry humour sort of way, the other satellite companies were attempting to make themselves sound impressive and then she like that on them, I about busted out laughing love the looks on the panels faces. If they was going to use a single main Communication laser from Mars to earth it would most likely be in the LeGrange points on both planets. As far as laser to ground communication, it will be Probably high altitude locations only. For a solar StarLink as opposed to a planetary StarLink, that should be a different kettle of fish, as these satellites could be so much more then just communication’s they could also be used for planetary defence from astroid, navigational beacons or space version of lighthouses, remote contents server/cache, maybe even a Observatory making full use of parallax Observations. The main problem with these is quantity needed to make them useful for high speed communication so direct laser would be best. But a solar StarLink would be a godsend for Space miners and prospectors.

[@mickgibson370]

In 1980 I came up with a light driven transistor. I made inverters and 1984 I build a 2 bit computer! It was slow! I went to IBM, Intel, AMD, and other semiconductor industries. They told me that that they were into electronics not light!

[@dekufnn]

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[@jcristina]

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[@jcristina]

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[@daboak3018]

We through using AI are just about to make this breakthough with "Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in quantum physics where two or more particles become linked" and transfer data by the changing state of particles being linked and there is no time lag.

[@elchapo6659]

ET 👽

[@jcristina]

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[@tripsix2186]

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[@seacaster]

Starlink vision expanding as Marslink. 🧑‍🚀🎆

[@jcristina]

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[@markoneil8286]

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[@iPossum]

On a different note…any updates on Brazilian drama - have they gotten any relief yet in their courts?

[@walkman1269]

Cool ideas sir! Scott Manley needs to hear your idea. Orbital mechanics rule the roost. All orbits are in a curve. Lasers to the surface could be an issue during dust storms. The last mile to surface would need to be radio because iPhone can't read lasers. Don't discount caching data in a Mars based data center at some point. You could have Wikipedia and such hosted locally on Mars so you don't have to wait for 44 minutes. You could keep it updated a couple of times a day. You could have a RING of satellites nuclear powered between in orbit between Earth and Mars to relay between or around based on priority flags on data CRITICAL DATA takes shortest path with more loss and slower bandwidth and normal data follows the high bandwidth ring.

[@trueheart8390]

I'm pretty sure the algorithm knows, I made it to the end.

[@getyourbone]

Had never really thought about that, but I like your comment about it being more difficult to land on a drone ship versus catching… I see where you’re going!❤

[@BigfootandMore]

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[@pmNCC-1701]

Those re[eaters are at different orbits and speed. Meaning they are not going to line up like the satellites we have here around the earth orbit. So repeaters will not work... Keep that in mind with vastness of space... =8-)

[@jcristina]

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[@kensmith8832]

Communications, where everything is in motion and debris can get in the way, will take a great deal of work using methods like FTP or HTTP. The interpolation of multiple objects will be a massive undertaking to plan for a connection around known debris. I once used this kind of math to solve a nested torsion spring problem at work! It is crazy math that no one understands, and most engineers have no clue it exists. The problem with a laser is moisture and rocks that can deflect the light, this is why laser weapons aren't heavily used. The problem is the lost dreamers facing reality and the expenses to create a good workaround. It appears the only solution will be to park thousands of repeaters between Earth and Mars, covering the entire orbit. This would require a separate team to ensure the repeaters stay functional. I can imagine the number of Eigenvalues used in these matrices! All the gravitational forces will add to the chaos, enough to make me want a large computer to run the model.

[@TagiukGold]

Only need two repeaters, one each in L4 and L5 Earth-Sun Lagrange Points. Only needs kilowatt lasers, so solar is just fine.

[@jcristina]

I’m guess it would need a lot more than that as if you were to take a 1 cm laser beam by the time it made it to earth it would be 27km wide.

[@TagiukGold]

@jcristina there was recently a deep space laser cat video transmission test. But I don't know the technical details, nor do I know how to extrapolate for a mars-earth max distance transmission.

[@kenchapman3870]

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[@darkvelocity3056]

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[@WarrenLacefield]

It is really not surprising that we take our technologies with us (and ahead of us) as we go. Starlink and GPS are excellent examples. First and already for use here on Earth. The next step, now in advance planning, e.g., as a part of Artemis, is the Moon. We have the existing Deep Space Network and demonstrations of long range, high bandwidth, laser communications between far-away spacecraft and Earth networks. Then comes "MarsLink," at first perhaps for in-situ orbiting satellites, rovers, and robotics; not too much longer afterwards, for habitats and settlers.

[@LordTimelord]

Mark Watney could've really used Marslink! (Movie reference to The Martian). 😉

[@iPossum]

Oh Snap, I should have invested in a flux capacitor 😂

[@jcristina]

Likewise.

[@mmast7554]

No way awesome I've asked about this off and on for four years tried to find a way to calculate how many would be needed it's logical if you setup the network ahead of time communication across the planet before you land and GPS imagery and drop a few cyber trucks how awesome the new rover

[@jcristina]

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[@eduardtarniceriu102]

When Elon launch Starlink i was thinking about a similar satellite internet around Mars , then to connect the 2 network The Boring company will be used on Mars to build underground tunnels for humans to live and travel between places Also imagine hundred's of Robots sent there first to start building the infrastructure Electric cares will travel in underground tunnels

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[@AlaskaHandyman1973]

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[@arnoldsmith5754]

dont count on me to being a Martian talking back at 77 years old im too busy having fun to go that far away

[@jcristina]

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[@LegendaryInfortainment]

J - I know that you knew that his was going to be "a thing" in our future, since it's fabricated wholly from the ideological construct called "no duh, dipsh*t" which Elon is always making us observe, like it or not. He's just *great* that way! Thanks J, good stuff like always.

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[@JohnWallace74]

Good video. It will be interesting to see how they decide to create the network between earth and mars. You seem to believe it’s going to be laser based. It seems to me that if the network was RF based that there could be fewer repeaters, but that might limit the speed of the network. I am continually surprised just how fast they can get on wireless and WiFi networks these days. While I’m not a believer in ET, I do believe this space technology ends up creating better technology for us on earth as well. We will see what happens in the next 4 years..

[@jcristina]

Certainly.

[@thefonzeful]

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[@THX..1138]

Probably SpaceX is eyeing Marslink for Starship Mars demonstration missions 2 years from now. Aspirationally they want to attempt a Mars landing 2 years from now, but sending Marslink as well in the next Mars transfer Window makes a lot of sense. With or without NASA SpaceX probably has to do something like Mars link right from the start, but if NASA commits to the Starlink communication infrastructure all future hardware sent to Mars can benefit going forward. Especially when SpaceX installs a petabit speed Marslink..... They should also build a Moonlink. A Moonlink network could be little more than a lightly modified version of the Starlink v2. A single Starship (refueled in orbit) should be able to deliver a complete Moonlink network. That would provide a high speed communications platform with no blackouts for all manned and unmanned Lunar activities going forward... Honestly with a Moonlink there is no longer any reason to build a Lunar Gateway and a complete Moonlink system would likely cost far less than Lunar Gateway's yearly operating budget, never mind it's construction cost.

[@jcristina]

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[@johnheida139]

Sometimes the Sun is between the Earth and Mars. blocking line of sight. How does that work?

[@honeybadgers1996]

What exactly the benefit of human to be in mars? I’m stupid. Someone please tell me. Thanks for the video.

[@jcristina]

👽 LOL! I guess his point is a BACKUP PLAN to the Earth going "BOOM"... The ARK, so to speak.

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