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NASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million miles (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] kittyjynx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They probably stored it on tape which was slow but could hold an impressive amount of data.

I remember my first multi gig hard drive. I was blown away that I could fully install Diablo 2, Fallout 2, and a cracked version of 3d Studio Max at the same time. No more changing disks!