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BigManScaramouche t1_ix5adii wrote

It's awesome it exceeds expectations... but the comms black out?

I thought they would have enough of satellites there by now, so they could maintain connection with the craft during entirety of the mission.

If there's something that KSP taught me, it's that there's no such thing, as too many relay satellites, during remote mission. Especially when I want to set up a permanent space station above the mun, not to mention testing the brand new launch system that's supposed to get me there.

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topcat5 t1_ix5ci2l wrote

Why would they fund, build and maintain a communication system which would allow real time communication with the dark side of the moon? At this point?

Doing such a thing would take a good deal of funding from something else.

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Huxley077 t1_ix72xjm wrote

I get your point, even if it's a comparison to a videogame ( fellow KSP lover here ) but there aren't people on the surface or ever nearby yet to really communicate with. I would hope that this issue is solved before crewed missions take off, it does seem like oversight unless they have a different communication system planned

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toodroot t1_ix7ebt4 wrote

The Gateway station is supposed to provide such communications, but it's not necessarily available before Artemis 3.

People downvoted me for mentioning the small and inexpensive Chinese relay satellite, so I guess that's not a good solution.

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