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		ant6n on June 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Odds of communicating with 36 other possible intel... The sun can be used as a gravitational lens.

beamatronic on June 22, 2020 [–]

How would you send out a morse-code like signal?

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ant6n on June 22, 2020 | [–]

You arrange satellites behind two suns like this:

    Sat (500AU) sun (N light years) sun (500AU) sat

beamatronic on June 24, 2020 | | [–]

Where do you get 2 suns from?

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