"3.9 GB per year (0.987 kbps!) of data could be transmitted over its primary mission"
That's pretty restricting. I guess we won't see many high res videos or picture.
That's pretty restricting. I guess we won't see many high res videos or picture.
Seriously though: what about launching a rocket in the direction of the outer solar system that launches mini relay satellites that act as a mesh network? Put a few bigger ones in the asteroid belt and the rest in various Lagrange points around Mars, Jupiter, Saturn etc.