Friday, January 18, 2013

Mona Lisa Goes To Moon As NASA Laser Carries Image To Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter by Carlos Walcott

Using a well-timed laser, NASA scientists have beamed a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to a powerful spacecraft orbiting the moon, marking a first in laser communication. The laser signal, fired from an installation in Maryland, beamed the Mona Lisa to the moon to be received 240,000 miles (384,400 km) away by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the moon since 2009. The Mona Lisa transmission, NASA scientists said, is a major advance in laser communication for interplanetary spacecraft. That's pretty cool. We're advancing quite nicely in technological ways.

1 comment:

  1. That is so cool! I don't think we realize that this is real HISTORY we're witnessing here. Years from now, this date will be in history books! Cooooool, it's comforting to know that even though out country seems kind of a mess sometimes, we are still on top!

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