Calling the Moon: Startup to Put Cellphone Tower on the Moon

Space.com ^ | August 10, 2017 03:25pm ET | Tereza Pultarova

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Sooty diesels are worse.

[Fresh Wind]

Back in olden times, phone booths only had windows in the doors and he needed a place to stash his street clothes.

[Slyfox]

So, the use of the moon cell tower will be when most people are sleeping?

[a fool in paradise]

How will that work?

There are no Clouds on the Moon.

[bgill]

Now we’ll be getting annoying telemarketing calls from the moon.

[bgill]

To change into their Superman costumes, duh.

[DungeonMaster]

"Hello" sent
One thousand one
One thousand two
One thou
"Hello" received on other end.
"Hello" sent from other end.
One thousand one
One thousand two
One thou
"Hello" received by original sender.

[upchuck]

My StraightTalk hotspot is in warm-up mode just waiting for this. The moon cell tower is even LTE. Impressive!

[BobL]

Reporters are TOO STUPID to even realize the time lag.

[SgtHooper]

The liberals are already looking to a wind generator to provide power.

[newgeezer]

Reporters are TOO STUPID to even realize the time lag.

Those on TV (and anyone who watches them) should be all too familiar with it. Whenever a TV anchor has to talk to a reporter who's live in the field, the dead air between the questions and the answers seems like forever... and that's when they're both here on planet Earth!

[Rebelbase]

Anyone recall the hacking magazine, 2600? They used to have a "payphones around the world" feature.