NASA Shoots Lasers at the Moon to Create Insanely Fast Internet

NASA Shoots Lasers at the Moon to Create Insanely Fast Internet
Wired, 23 October 2013
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/nasa-internet-laser/

Aboard LADEE is the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), which achieved super-fast download speeds of 622 megabits per second (Mbps) and an upload rate of 20 Mbps. In comparison, the internet at WIRED’s office in San Francisco gets download rates of 75 Mbps and uploads at 50 Mbps. NASA’s typical communications with the moon are about five times slower than what LLCD provided.