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[-] DesertCreosote@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately it’s a hard limit due to the speed of light. Theoretically you could use quantum entanglement to get around it, but then of course you wouldn’t need the satellites anymore.

[-] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago

no, you couldn't. You can't use quantum entanglement to send information. Only random noise.

[-] DesertCreosote@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

Sorry, I meant theoretically as in “at some distant point in the future where we’ve figured out how to make it work.” I probably read too much science fiction.

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Science fiction quantum entanglement is not the same as real life quantum entanglement. Science fiction has spooky action at a distance, real life doesn't.

The speed of light is the speed of causality, the speed of information. It is physically impossible to send information at speeds greater than the speed of light.

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