Episode 111 - To Boldly Transmit
Advent of Computing
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The History of Communication Satellites
The moon was used as a communication satellite throughout the 1960s. Radio stations often bounce beams off satellites to get audio from station to station. Satellite technology gave us a way to break free of cumbersome undersea cables, but in the current day those very cables have clawed their way back to relevance.
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