Congrats on the Pluto flyby!

[Katie Wasserman]

(07-15-2015 02:33 AM)Bill (Smithville NJ) Wrote:  There's a very interesting article that goes into why it takes so long to get the data:

Talking to Pluto is Hard

It's hard becasue they did it on the cheap. Voyager I/II used a larger diameter antenna and a more powerful RTG and is able to send at 1400bps from further away with technology that's 30 years older. I still think it's amazing that they can do any of this but if NASA stopped wasting their money on ISS they could do a whole lot more exploration.