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    Live High Definition Video From Mars? NASA Is Getting Ready

    NASA is building a new space-based laser communication that will allow live, high-definition video from Mars and beyond — something that's not possible with standard radio equipment.
    by Joe Palca Mar 14, 2018 3 minutes
    This artist's-concept illustration depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft which will carry a deep-space laser communications system.

    Nothing conveys the excitement of space exploration like pictures from another planet. Now NASA is planning to go one better than pictures. The space agency is aiming to launch a probe carrying a communication system that will let future missions to Mars transmit live, high definition video to Earth.

    So when the first person walks on Mars, the live video should be far better than what the world saw when Neil Armstrong the moon.

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