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Thursday, June 3, 2021
CONTINUITY: Bitcoin to the Moon!
A group of developers, https://t.co/WJQEkXy2am, just completed the first #Bitcoin transaction to reach the surface of the moon. 🌙
— Documenting Bitcoin 📄 (@DocumentingBTC) June 3, 2021
Sent via a radio frequency, they retransmitted in morse code, a #Bitcoin transaction. The data hit the lunar surface and refracted back to earth! 📻 pic.twitter.com/z7rQ8iATFn
A Bitcoin transaction was transmitted via Earth-Moon-Earth bounce by radio amateurs, encoded in Morse code. (The tweet should have said “reflected”, not “refracted”.) Here's my tool for encoding arbitrary binary data as five-letter code groups which are easily transmitted in code or by voice.
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THE HAPPENING WORLD: SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 Launch to the International Space Station
We're only 3 hours away from @SpaceX CRS-22 mission on a BRAND-NEW booster and a BRAND-NEW capsule!!! Learn more about what interesting bits of science Cargo Dragon 2 will take to the ISS in our article by @mankaitown! https://t.co/9qFBOj1fOJ
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) June 3, 2021
The launch is scheduled for 17:29 UTC on 2021-06-03. Here is the SpaceX webcast.
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CONTEXT: Let's Turn a Tupolev Tu-160 Bomber into a Supersonic Business Jet!
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CONTINUITY: Can You Drink with a Hydrophobic Straw?
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