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Bouncing radio signals off the sun possible? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by authed@lemmy.ml to c/askscience@lemmy.ml

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[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

really doubt it, Sun's surface is very turbulent mix of hot gasses, you'd need kinda flat surface to reflect anything readable, also Sun itself emits strong radio waves, guess those would interfere a lot with what you'd want to reflect

[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Didn’t they do this in the 3 body problem? I Just finished the first book a few weeks ago

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They did in the second episode of the TV show claiming that it would amplify the signal. (That's what prompted me to ask the question, lol)