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Heavy Metal: An encounter with the Psyche spacecraft

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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What's the Difference Between Telescope and Transceiver?

The lazer has four watcs of average power, but it's turned on and off. The highest peak power pulses which we use at the farthest distance are about 600 wats. For anybody who doesn't realizet that's actually a pretty good sized lazer, lazer, but 600 wath is a sizable lazer.

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