r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 5d ago

NASA Selects SpaceX To Destroy The International Space Station In 2030s (Credit: NASA) Image

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u/SiBloGaming 5d ago

Also, the current system is fairly slow already, and relies on a bunch of wonky solutions to problems. Its over two decades old, so stuff definitely changed.

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u/Shredding_Airguitar 5d ago

You'd be surprised at ISS' throughout. I work on one of the Lunar Gateway elements and let's just say it's less throughput.

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u/well-litdoorstep112 4d ago

The speed of light hasn't changed much in 20 years

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u/SiBloGaming 4d ago

I was talking about throughput, not latency