Earth Received a Message Laser-Beamed from 10M Miles Away in NASA Test

&gt;If we&#x27;re going to eventually be able to send high-definition video messages to and from Mars without a significant delay, then this is a step towards the tech we need.<p>Won’t all Mars messages have a significant delay due to the speed of light more than bandwidth?

Should have a (2023) on this, I think.<p>The article says &quot;An earlier version of this article was published in November 2023.&quot;

&gt; the laser photons took about 50 seconds to get from spacecraft to telescope

For a moment I deluded myself that this was SETI news, but was skeptical due to the proximity. It&#x27;s so terrifying that no one&#x27;s out there after billions of years and billions of star systems in the galaxy only.