NewsBusinessNASA beams Mona Lisa to moon with laser (Pictures)
NASA beams Mona Lisa to moon with laser (Pictures)
New Delhi, Jan 20: Call it an ultimate tech art: NASA has turned Mona Lisa into the first digital image to be transmitted via laser beam from Earth to a spacecraft in lunar orbit, nearly
India TV News DeskPublished : Jan 20, 2013 11:55 IST Updated : Jan 21, 2013 6:38 IST
New Delhi, Jan 20: Call it an ultimate tech art: NASA has turned Mona Lisa into the first digital image to be transmitted via laser beam from Earth to a spacecraft in lunar orbit, nearly 240,000 miles away.
A first in laser communication, the laser signal was fired from an installation in Maryland, USA, and as received as far as 384,400 km away by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting since 2009.
