NASA beams cat video back from space

[Kyng]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67721671



Nasa has streamed an ultra high-definition video of a cat back to Earth from the depths of space.

The 15-second clip of Taters the cat was sent via laser - and fittingly shows it chasing a laser beam.

Footage of the orange tabby travelled 19 million miles - some 80 times the distance from Earth to the Moon.

Nasa hopes the laser tech it was testing will eventually improve communications with more remote parts of the solar system.

Taters, whose paws remained firmly on Earth, is owned by an employee of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California.

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Well, perhaps this isn't the most scientifically-valuable video they could have picked . But, it's sure to get attention - and attract interest from people who wouldn't normally follow science-related stories, which can only be a good thing !

Still, now that they've proven the concept, I hope they can put it to more serious use .

[ZandraJoi]

Well, if they are from Melmac, they'd think it's dinner!
In case people don't get the reference because they are too young, the TV Show Alf from the 80's featured an alien from the planet Melmac & they ate cats. lol

[Kyng]

Well, if they are from Melmac, they'd think it's dinner!
In case people don't get the reference because they are too young, the TV Show Alf from the 80's featured an alien from the planet Melmac & they ate cats. lol

Well then, let's hope nobody from Melmac gets this message !

[slooroo]

I hope the aliens picked that up on their devices.

[Kyng]

I hope the aliens picked that up on their devices.

Does make me wonder: would aliens find our cats cute? And if not, what would they find cute instead (if they even have a concept of 'cuteness' to begin with ?)