Episode 746 • • 1:54:22 - 1:57:47
746: Thermostat Placebo
NASA New Horizons Pluto Data, Transmission Speed Skepticism
Calculations regarding the New Horizons mission to Pluto suggest that transmitting 64 gigabytes of data at the reported slow speeds would take nearly a decade, rather than the 16 months claimed by NASA. This discrepancy leads to skepticism about the mission's technical transparency and funding motives.