http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/nasa-mona-lisa-lro-laser/
NASA has successfully transmitter, via LASER, the image of the Mona Lisa to a satellite orbiting the moon. They used Reed-Solomon encoding for error correction.
Sounds cool, but truthfully, I'm a little under-whelmed. I mean, a press release or an article from or about NASA and I'm expecting really cool news. Mars rovers, info about the rover orbiting the moon and what they are doing with it. Neat stuff like that. To hear they used a laser to transmit data. Well. Of course. Who wouldn't? They are used all the time. Lasers are used to send data via fibre optics all over the planet. Nothing new there. Reed-Solomon is a very established coding method that has been deployed in communications networks for years. It's even used on common consumer devices as referenced in the linked article.
So yes, I'm a bit under-whelmed by this "news." Who knows, maybe it's harder than it seems, but to me it just doesn't seem like anything new.
From a conspiracy theory point of view though, it is really cool news. I think this news is really just a hidden message to the world from NASA. A message to let everyone know. Dr Evil now works for NASA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw - Dr Evil
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