Not sure if I used the right tag but I saw something about a space probe from the 70s malfunctioning and spouting gibberish that nasa managed to repair, but how do probes that are so incredibly far away transmit data back to earth?
In: Planetary Science
Other people have covered the big poweful satellite dishes but even then we have to sens the instructions multiple times to make sure they recive the complete message.
It’s a bit like talking to your slowly goimg deaf grandad. You speak louder than normal and repeat what you say a lot.
The last bit i’m not sure how to ELI5 but the message protocols used have some error correction built it that they can correct not fully received messages using mathematics.
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