11. When we're on a space trip, can we transmit e-mails to other people in space as well as between space and Earth? (A K2S Question)

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We can set up a transmission system between spacecrafts, but the big problem will be to know which direction to send the transmission. Radio waves are directional, so we have to point them in the direction we want to send them too. We can send e-mail to Earth by using the same type of transmission system that the space agency now uses to transmit the critical data back and forth to the Earth.

Answer provided by John Cavallaro


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