Posted on 03/27/2013 11:57:25 AM PDT by LibWhacker
The sun always gets blamed by the cable company for bad reception. Maybe we should ban the sun.
Global warming!!!
Duh. Go at night.
Blow it up. Get it outta’ here!
So, does that mean we’re all gunna die? I need to know whether I should re-up my subscriptions.
Don’t we have solar orbiters that can act as relay stations?
Uh, what’s this “Sun” thing you speak of?
That’s awfully silly of NASA. They should just do their communicating at night when the sun’s not out. :=)
Good question! I think we do have some solar orbiters out there. Don’t know if they have to be 100% dedicated to other tasks or even whether they can be used as relays in the first place. Guess NASA doesn’t consider it to be that much of a problem.
No problem. Check out pelosi’s new bill (HR 666). She’s keeping its contents secret until after Omama signs it, but reportedly it provides that the sun has to move out of the way. (The bill will also grant criminal immunity to anyone who aides and abets any illegal immigrant to secure public office, but its hard to imagine why that’s in there).
Lol
I’m guessing it just not a major issue for the mars missions to idle for a couple of weeks. At least not enough of an issue to mess with relaying through other satellites. It would be different if we had a human crew there.
Ah, the old Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. That’ll solve the problem.
Go at night! And, don't let the Sun catch you cryin'. Thanks LibWhacker. I'm doubling up on this X-Planets ping by adding APoD members, and g'night all!
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I wonder how they are planning on dealing with this when there is a human crew?
We have satellites orbiting all over the solar system that can be used as relays. We have satellites in a polar orbit around the sun which would be ideal. We also have satellites orbiting mercury and venus.
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This would not have been a problem if the sequester had not gone into effect.
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