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English: To clean up transmission errors introduced by Earth’s atmosphere (left), Goddard scientists applied Reed-Solomon error correction (right), which is commonly used in CDs and DVDs. Typical errors include missing pixels (white) and false signals (black). The white stripe indicates a brief period when transmission was paused. Image credit: Xiaoli Sun, NASA Goddard
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Source NASA Lunar Science page, http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/articles/nasa-beams-mona-lisa-at-the-moon/
Author Image credit: Xiaoli Sun, NASA Goddard

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