A technology that has enabled ever-faster delivery of voice and data over the Internet and other telecommunications platforms could play a front-and-center role in NASA’s quest to develop a super-small instrument for gathering unprecedented details about extraterrestrial planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-nasa-telecommunications-technology-capable-miniaturized.html